[BC] CD's Recalled for Posing Risk to PC's

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/17/2005 12:59:20 PM Central Standard Time,  
barry at oldradio.com writes:


The entire issue of "protecting  everything,
at all times" is getting  tiresome. Few
people - aside from the  true pirates and
disk jockeys - really  ever make multiple
copies of  anything....   And the people
who do can easily defeat all the
copy  protection devices out there.

It is  more of a PR issue, and one wonders
how  long it will take to blow over...  it is
likely Sony will give away free CDs
before they agree to allow a lawsuit ... and
you can believe EVERY big gun attorney for
the industry will be on board to protect
their "sneakwrap"  terms.




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Isn't kinda interesting that Sony started the VHS/Betamax copyright issue  
over twenty years ago that resulted in VHS cassettes having a dollar added on to 
 the cost of a blank and now they are still trying work both ends of the deal 
 again... 
 
They control the music and the hardware )(software) that it is recorded  on.  
Also the have purchased the audio and video software company   Audio Forge 
and Video Forge  about 7 years ago to specifically record audio  and video to 
their CD and DVD blanks.
 
I just wonder how much they are really looking out for the writers and  
performers of their movies and recording labels and how much is looking out for  
Columbia  and Sony???
 
A friend of mine mentioed just the otjer day, after visiting China a year  or 
so back that he found all types of American movies in english for $1.00 US in 
 China.  Current movies recorded in NTSC and good quality.  The had  both 
Chinese and English labels.
 
I think the Pacific rim bootlegger companies are certainly more problems to  
the Video and CD industry than one copying a CD for your own use in your  car. 
 
 
 VHS tapes are so cheap now,  I seldom erase any programs I  record that are 
worthwhile,  I label and file them.
 
Oh well,  I am thinking about going back to cuttting vinyl for audio  and 
CED's for video.
 
Dave