Please folks, quit CCing me. I'm subscribed to the list. I even state as much in my sig. All this extra mail is just clutter.
On 04/07/10 16:09, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Programmer In Training <p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes: > >> I would go to questions, but I'm not sure it's relevant there so I >> thought I'd ask here. >> >> I just received a new, never been unwrapped before I touched it, audio >> CD (Santcus Real, Pieces of a Real Heart). I can play it via 'cdcontrol >> play' but it won't play in VLC, Audacious won't recognize it, and >> Asunder can't rip it (for my fair use copy). > > Return it as defective. Even if this is a case of copy protection, that > makes it defective. To be honest, I doubt that it's intentional copy > protection, but I don't see why it matters anyway. It's not a matter of money and even if it were, I won the CD in a legal contest. >> Just an FYI, I do not download torrents of music (owned or otherwise, if >> I own it why do I need to torrent it), and this won't change that fact. >> It will, however, color future ideas about purchasing from this artist. > > Don't blame the artist; blame the record label. If they *own* the > record label, then go ahead and put the blame anywhere you like. Then the artists, if they are opposed to such measures, should seek a different label. I can't hurt the label directly without hurting the artist, too. In war the artists would be termed collateral damage. This is a war. One the RIAA and artists like Metallica started (though I will admit that bootleggers had a big hand in making it a war). I'm firing back full bore. I will not sit idly by and be treated as if I'm a criminal. -- Yours In Christ, PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content copyright under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org Please do not CC me. If I'm posting to a list it is because I am subscribed.
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