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A very good proffesional XP site.
Celine's latest CD, A Day Has Come, is one of a number of recent album releases that features the controversial copy-protection technology, which prevents it from being played or recorded in a PC.
Last month, Celine Dion fans were warned that playing the CD on a PC could cause the machine to crash and possibly damage the firmware. However, it transpires that if the Canadian warbler's disc is placed in a new flat-screen iMac, the CD can't be removed or the computer restarted. The machine then has to be sent for repair, which means you've got to return it to Apple and ask its technicians to kindly remove the Celine Dion CD from the drive. According to Mac User magazine, an Apple dealer confirmed to the Campaign for Digital Rights that playing the disc in an iMac will result in the machine having to be sent for repair.
uncleel
05-13-2002, 06:47 PM
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uncleel
05-14-2002, 07:14 AM
Celine Dion unleashes wave of destruction on Mac users
by Julio @ 4:24 PM - [Comments]
Canadian songstress Celine Dion is causing Mac users even more distress than normal by rendering their brand new iMacs unusable.
Celine's latest CD, A Day Has Come, is one of a number of recent album releases that features the controversial copy-protection technology, which prevents it from being played or recorded in a PC. Last month, Celine Dion fans were warned that playing the CD on a PC could cause the machine to crash and possibly damage the firmware.
However, it transpires that if the Canadian warbler's disc is placed in a new flat-screen iMac, the CD can't be removed or the computer restarted.
The machine then has to be sent for repair, which means you've got to return it to Apple and ask its technicians to kindly remove the Celine Dion CD from the drive.
'Poison' CD to catch copyists
By Garry Barker May 14 2002
TheAge.com.au
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/13/1021002430938.html
The writing could be on the wall for computer buffs who copy music CDs for their friends.
Sony Music has planted a "poisoned pellet" of software in Celine Dion's latest CD, A New Day Has Come, that is capable of crashing, and in cases permanently freezing, the optical drives of personal computers into which the discs are inserted.
Michael Speck, of the Australian Record Industry Association, confirmed yesterday that the anti-piracy software trials were under way but said "spiked" CDs had not so far been distributed in Australia, but it was inevitable. The music companies were "simply protecting their property", he said.
Computer users disagree. They say they should be able to use their computers to play CDs for which they have paid, should be able to copy songs into MP3 portable music players and be free to make "personal" copies of CDs they have bought. Most of all, they say, the music companies should not get away with damaging expensive personal computers, which appears to have occurred in Britain.
Have an article about how to disable the protection. So whats next ?
SNGX1275
05-14-2002, 07:30 PM
Originally posted by Tweakster
Quoted from www.Neowin.net
However, it transpires that if the Canadian warbler's disc is placed in a new flat-screen iMac, the CD can't be removed or the computer restarted. The machine then has to be sent for repair, which means you've got to return it to Apple and ask its technicians to kindly remove the Celine Dion CD from the drive. According to Mac User magazine, an Apple dealer confirmed to the Campaign for Digital Rights that playing the disc in an iMac will result in the machine having to be sent for repair.
Don't they have one of those little holes for paper clips?
uncleel
05-21-2002, 02:10 PM
"Copy-proof" CDs cracked with 99-cent marker pen
Monday, May 20 2002 News by Julio @ 4:31 PM - [Comments]
Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.
Internet newsgroups have been circulating news of the discovery for the past week, and in typical newsgroup style, users have pilloried Sony for deploying "hi-tech" copy protection that can be defeated by paying a visit to a stationery store.
Major music labels, including Sony and Universal Music, have begun selling the "copy-proof" discs as a means of tackling the rampant spread of music piracy, which they claim is eating into sales.
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