I finally tracked down the domestic release of Goldfrapp’s Supernature. Yep, it has the Content Protected logo in the spine as well. Don’t buy, download!
The import versions might be okay; I don’t remember seeing the copy protection logo on the ones I saw a couple of months back. Also, an update on the Beth Orton CD: I double-checked, and both the limited edition version and the normal version have Content Protected logos on them. Maybe it’s a Canada thing. In any case, it’s definitely a “don’t support this practice and steal this music” kind of thing.
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If you’re using a Windows PC, CDex is a free piece of software that will allow you to rip copy-protected CDs to MP3 and other formats.
Homepage here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos
Wikipedia info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDex
jen, April 25th, 2006 at 3:45 pmThat’s strange. I use CDex and it had trouble with my copy of Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It In People (which, by the way, is a whole other kettle of fish), as well as a promo copy of Sarah Harmer’s All Of Our Names. Thankfully, the retail release of Harmer’s album wasn’t copy-protected.
Aside from the technical difficulties, I don’t see any reason to condone the practice by buying their CDs. I suppose the major labels don’t care about my tiny little boycott, but then they won’t mind me downloading their music, either.
As an aside, on that same trip to the record store, I picked up the latest from Rainer Maria, Built to Spill, Magneta Lane and the Essex Green—all happily free of copy protection. So it’s not about getting something for free. I stand by my belief that copy protection only hurts legitimate consumers, and is ineffective at stopping determined downloaders, who will always be able to rely on scene downloads and torrent sites.
Wesley, April 25th, 2006 at 3:56 pmi bought the new deluxe version of the new Placebo - Meds album and it has about 5 or 6 “content protected” stickers all over the place on it. it’s almost laughable.
pinder, April 25th, 2006 at 7:00 pmI was able to rip from the special edition of the new Goldfrapp with no problem, although I don’t remember the US edition having a copy-protect logo on it….
kevin, May 3rd, 2006 at 10:47 pmYeah, heard the same thing about the Beth Orton album last time I posted, which was why I double-checked. Still has the logo, so I’m not taking any chances.
Wesley, May 4th, 2006 at 12:01 amSpeaking of things Canadian I can only assume that by now you’ve heard of the Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC) - groups including Sloan, Stars, Broken Social Scene, Weakerthans etc. who oppose digital locks (amongst other related issues)
http://www.musiccreators.ca/
DJ, May 6th, 2006 at 7:58 amhttp://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1165
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/27/0015239
I like how Broken Social Scene is on this list, even though I have a copy-protected version of their second album. Apparently Arts & Crafts tried a pressing with protection and found it less than satisfactory. Unfortunately, A&C offered to replace my copy of the album, but then never actually sent it. Oh well.
Wesley, May 6th, 2006 at 4:31 pm