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HEXANE
from Melbourne on 2001-10-02 03:23 [#00038261]
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...as it reads on the back of the new drukqs album. wtf???!!!!
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Clobe Smith
from over here on 2001-10-02 03:35 [#00038268]
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hmm ... if you are talking about the 2-track promo, it seems like both sides can be read by a cd player ... (i promise you one of the sides plays 54 cymru beats and cock 10).
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HEXANE
from Melbourne on 2001-10-02 03:43 [#00038280]
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maybe...perhaps to prevent the whole mp3 trading fiasco...not that it hasn't already happened with drukqs
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boxrocket
on 2001-10-02 06:17 [#00038296]
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i was reading about this yesterday. it's going to be the same with michael jackson's new album as well. they've (the industry) decided that they can stop copyright infringement by making a cd incapable of being played on anything other than a cd player (this means cd roms). according to an article i read at www.excite.com, they have been secretly releasing cd's in this format for the past few months, with NO WARNING on the back that they can't be played on your comp. it's all a part of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act of '98 (in the U.S.), and they are working on passing the equivalent of this law in the U.K. though i can't currently remember what the name of it was. the organization that was the main force behind the DMCA is currently working on getting a global copyright law that operates at least in a similar way to the DMCA. i strongly urge all of you to look into this "DMCA" and find out as much as you can. there is some seriously fucked up, unjust, and frankly very scary shit going on in relation to this law. for one, a russian man is currently on trial here in the states (facing up to 25 years in prison) for going to a conference in nevada and TALKING about a program he wrote and uses (legally) in his home country. this is not cool, this is in my opinion the beginning of us losing our freedom as autonomous beings. if you care at all about the fact that you can pay for something and use it in your home as you please, you should check this out, because that rule is about to change.
info:
www.eff.org www.anti-dmca.org uk.eurorights.org
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