"BCS" <n...@anon.com> wrote in message news:a6268ff1bb248cd1ce96dc11...@news.digitalmars.com... > Hello Nick, > >> "domino" <eff...@sitemine.org> wrote in message >> news:i666vt$158...@digitalmars.com... >> >>> Walter Bright Wrote: >>> >>>> domino wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ordinary man cannot have 5 TB of data because ALL standard >>>>> movie/audio CD/DVD/Bluray/HD-DVD discs have DRM copy protection. >>>>> >>>> CDs are not copy protected. >>>> >>> False. >>> >>> I have 10--20 discs with cactus data protection. Two with sony bmg >>> rootkit protection system. And several with mediamax protection. At >>> least the cactus shit is annoying. They corrupted the audio on >>> purpose and it's audible even with a legal authentic cd audio player. >>> If you place these discs in a standard PC cd/dvd drive, it just spins >>> and spins and spins and spins and the OS either hangs or refuses to >>> open the cd tray. I'm 100% sure you are not allowed to break these. >>> >> The vast majority of CDs don't have that. I have approx 250 commercial >> audio CDs, and not a single one of them has any DRM. And if I did want >> something that only came on a DRMed CD, I'd just say "Fuck you Sony" >> and pirate it. >> > > I'd buy the disk, put it on the shelf and let it collect dust with the > rest and download the tracks I really care about.
That's what I've mostly been doing lately (Except I rip the disc. Everything online is MP3 - meh).