On 2/1/06 12:23, Andrew Rodger wrote:
It is. On examination the cover reveals a confusing little sticker which, apparently, says the CD will play on a Audio CD home player and on computers that are not Macs and have Windows 95 installed. Is there any reason why I should not feel just a little persecuted? I will not be buying any of Annie's music again (and I shall tell her so). The CD loaded up in iTunes, I pressed the Import button and it went into a fit. I could not stop or force quit iTunes, eject the CD or reboot the iBook. This is not just a limitation, it is an act of aggression which caused me a lot of hassle. I shall inspect the small print more carefully in future and thought I would share it, assuming RCA are still doing this to Mac owners.
As I understand it, the record company cannot actually put the compact disc logo on "CD"s like that because the extra copy protection stuff doesn't fall within the original media specification (red book, orange book, jeesh I used to know all this digital audio stuff at uni). Philips (one of the companies responsible for the format, along with...hah...Sony) are supposed to be insisting on this.
Hang on...my Radiohead "Hail To The Thief" disc, if you try ripping it in iTunes, produces 14 zero length tracks. Yep, it has various copy-control labels/stickers on it...but no "compact disc".
Personally, I think any CD using copy-control should be forced to display a sticker saying something along the lines of:
"This record company thinks you're a criminal intent on handing out copies of this disc for free. So much for innocent until proven guilty."
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