Can you hear the future? Sunncomm can, and it's called copy protection. Sunncomm's Mediamax
DRM, which blocks the purchaser from copying any files from the CD, is included on the latest
Dave Matthews Band CD,
Stand Up (as well as CDs from some
other artists). The good news? It includes pre-ripped versions of the songs. The bad news? They're
.WMA files.
Apparently, Dave Matthews Band decided to
help out all those iPod lovers who were getting hosed (perhaps in response to
this) by posting instructions on how to bypass Sunncomm's copy protection. Of course, the
last time somebody did that, he nearly got
sued into oblivion. DMB's probably OK, however, because it seems that
business is booming. Of course, that may not
last long.
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posted by MrZero
on Aug 17, 2005 -
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