« Google Print Is As Google Print Does |
Main
| Copyfight Quote of the Day »
August 16, 2005
Dave Matthews Band v. DRM?
Posted by
Via the Pho list, the Dave Matthews Band giving fans directions for dealing with DRM-hobbled CDs and encouraging them to appeal to Apple to collaborate with others on an easier way to move music to the iPod:
INFORMATION REGARDING DOWNLOADING STAND UP SONGS TO IPODS
Please follow the instructions below in order to move your content into iTunes and onto an iPod:
If you have a Mac computer you can copy the songs using your iTunes Player as you would normally do.
If you have a PC place the CD into your computer and allow the CD to automatically start. If the CD does not automatically start, open your Windows Explorer, locate the drive letter for your CD drive and double-click on the LaunchCD.exe file located on your CD.
[...endless instructions...]
Once the CD has been burned, place the copied CD back into your computer and open iTunes. iTunes can now rip the songs as you would a normal CD.
Please note an easier and more acceptable solution requires cooperation from Apple, who we have already reached out to in hopes of addressing this issue. To help speed this effort, we ask that you use the following link to contact Apple and ask them to provide a solution that would easily allow you to move content from protected CDs into iTunes or onto your iPod rather than having to go through the additional steps above. Link.
Asks a Phoster, "[Shouldn't] they be petitioning their record company not to put DRM on their CDs in the first place?"
For more on the theme, check out Why DRM Will Kill Mobile Music -- covering much of the same ground the Picker MobBlog crew is exploring, minus legalese:
A parallel problem is that DRM often isn't used to "protect" music, it's used as a form of lock-in by device manufacturers and service providers. For instance, if somebody's bought a bunch of music from iTunes, what kind of MP3 player will they buy -- an iPod, or one that can't play their music? The same thing will play out in mobile as service providers, labels and operators all jockey for top position on the food chain. This doesn't really benefit anybody, least of which the end user.
Comments (3)
+ TrackBacks (0) | Category: IP Use
- RELATED ENTRIES
- › MSFT to Region-Lock Xbox One on Launch
- › Myriad Genetics, One Opinion
- › Analyzing Netflix's Economics Misses Netflix's Long Game
- › Oh, Yeah, DOJ is Still Suing Apple over E-Books
- › Why CNN Makes Lots of Money Despite Sucking
- › Microsoft Turns Xbox One into DRM Nanny
- › NFB Settles with Free Library of Phila
- › The White House vs Patent Trolls - So What?
1. Alexander Wehr on August 16, 2005 1:26 PM writes...
Simply "moving" songs to an ipod is not enough.
i don't want to be stuck with some lockdown cd with un-fair play drme'd cruddy 128kbs files.
I rip everything I own to apple lossless or 320cbr aac.. if it's an audio book it goes to 28k aac m4b files. I don't consider it good enough to simply be able to move it to the ipod.. i want to move it to the ipod in the format and bitrate i choose.
Permalink to Comment2. AEnertia on August 16, 2005 11:32 PM writes...
Or you could simply install a small Linux partition, or use a live cd (presuming you have 2 cd drives).
And then use Grip/Soundjuice or simply open the cd with konqeuror and be able to rip the cd normally.
The protection on Copy Controlled type CD's is done through autostart mechanisms in OS X and WindowsXP, if you are not using these systems then you should have no problems.
Permalink to Comment3. Alexander Wehr on August 17, 2005 1:43 AM writes...
actually osX does not have autorun in that manner..
Additionally, reports on these copy protected disks show the tactic of "session hiding" also does not work on osx.. as the redbook session shows up as a second disk.
Permalink to Comment