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It’s happened again. Another great local band, whose CD I was really looking forward to buying, have gone the copy-protection way.
So they don’t get a sale from me.
I’m not a file-sharer. I believe that people should be rewarded for their creative efforts. But I also believe that I should be able to listen to the music I have paid for in what ever manner and format that I choose. And for some time now, that’s been via a portable MP3 player.
While I could buy it, and chances are it might rip happily in my iBook, I’ve decided not to buy any music with copy-protection on it. Over time the hacks and workarounds for defeating copy-protection will get harder and more obscure, by which time it’ll be too late to do anything about it. And the easiest way to do something about it right now it to boycott copy-controlled discs, regardless of whether or not you think you can still rip them.
I’m just sorry that I’m finding myself boycotting a Wellington release.
Sam
13 February 2004, 00:59 #
I think they might release their album on vinyl, so if you were to procure a turntable with the correct plugs (even a headphone jack) you should be able to rip it. Granted you'd need to search for the right software, but it's what I would do if I had sufficient fnds.
Alan
13 February 2004, 07:26 #
I won't be doing that either. It's equivalent to another (temporary) method of circumventing the copy protection, and one that I'm not likely to get a quality rip from either. The band and the record company must get sent the signal of lost sales. Unfortunately it's the only way.
Sam
13 February 2004, 11:17 #
You can circumvent it? I didn't know that (most of my music is lent to me by friends)
Alan
13 February 2004, 14:09 #
There are various ways that the technology can be circumvented, for now. But I'm not really interested in circumvention (except theoretically): I buy new music to listen to, not spend time battling against.
stephen
13 February 2004, 15:31 #
Do write to them and tell them. *ahem* http://www.vital.org.nz/blog/salmonella.writeback
stephen
13 February 2004, 15:42 #
let the bloggage begin: http://vital.org.nz/blog/2004/02/12#blackseeds
Alan
13 February 2004, 16:19 #
I actually posted a message to the guestbook on their homepage last night... but it got pulled before the morning. Sensitive, are we? And yes, the Salmonella Dub album was the other recent local album that I would have gladly handed money over for, had it not been touched by the stinking hands of the corporate pigopolists. Hence "It's happened again".
Peter Mac
20 February 2004, 12:06 #
from the black seeds website guestbook... On 14 February, 2004 Jack The Ripper said: For those complaining about the copy protection, use Exact Audio Copy to extract the files from CD. It just ignores the copy protection altogether. And to the Black Seeds guys, what a fantastic album, shame about the copy protection. Really, your record label is trying to reduce our choice - some of us are honest music lovers who want to listen to music where we want and not trade it on file sharing sites.
Malach
3 March 2004, 13:22 #
Personally, I prefer to buy them then return them as "faulty" as they are not technically a "Compact Disc" I don't know if it makes a difference, but it feels a bit more active than just not buying.
Alan
3 March 2004, 14:26 #
I don't know how much longer that will work - a lot of shops refuse to take returns (I'm not sure how they do this, but they do). I had a lot of trouble convincing one shop that the CD I was buying on behalf of my mum, being copy-controlled, might not play in her car stereo and thus I might need to bring it back. They "made an exception" (wankers!) and wrote me out an exchange card.