Re: digital music security

["John Haggerty" <jhaggert@streetforce.com>]

Most of the "developments" they have in this arena are just things to make TONS 
of money for the music industry. As I see it you can make a rule but you can't 
really inforce it unless people really care about it. How many times have 
teachers told students in grammer school "not to run in the halls" however what 
happens? 90% of the time people just run anyway because they see no point to 
obeying. 

>From: "Srdjan Smiljanic" <junior@EUnet.yu>
>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 12:44:04 +0100
>To: fogstorm <fogstorm@earthlink.net>
>CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
>Subject: Re: digital music security
>
>On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:14:09 -0700, fogstorm <fogstorm@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>> On a yet-to-be determined date, new CDs released by the major record
>>> producers will be digitally encrypted to prevent piracy, the Secure Digital
>>> Music Initiative said. The digital players will need to be upgraded to
>>> accept those new music downloads, but would not permit playback of
>>> copyrighted versions after the upgrade.
>
>> So let's see if I understand this idiocy correctly; In a couple of years
>> we will all need to shell out $ for new CD players (house, car, etc,) if
>> we want to legally purchase & listen to new CDs (with record company back
>> catalog likely to follow shortly thereafter). The recording industry is
>> on crack if they think this is going to a, be accapted by consumers,
>
>well, sooner or (rather) later, I think this type of sh1t is going to happen
>anyways... I'm not talking about people like us, who understand the full
>potential of danger (or just give a flying fuck), but he sheeple, who just 
>want to use computers the way they use toasters or vacuum cleaners - just
>turn it on, and it works...  and teh goverment/cooperations are going
>to create that type of system for them ;) which of course they won't have
>any trouble paying for ...their fault :)   if people don't want to get
>involved, to think a bit, I don't c much reasons for continuing the
>Freedom For Information action for them
>
>> and/or b. prevent piracy for more than 24 hours. This won't even last as
>> long as divx.
>
>of course that won't stop piracy ;)  and of course those lockouts on new
>Rio's are not unbreakable ;))  so it's up on us to continue these
>(criminal according to the Gov) things for ourselves - there is nothing
>to stop me to send mp3's through icq (unless they shutdown the whole icq
>project, or FUBAR it) - even through plain email!
>
>
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