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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: GtoRA2 on October 09, 2003, 12:32:15 PM

Title: Put a new Music CD in your drive and watch it hose your puter!
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 09, 2003, 12:32:15 PM
Check out think link, it is a thread on an EQ board. The gist is, a guy puts a new music CD in his drive, it says he needs a driver update, installs drivers that make his CDR drive show as a normal drive and he cant rip to MP3s on his system.

No warning on the CD..

Man this is sick. Link to the thread on Ranger glade.  (http://forums.interealms.com/ranger/showthread.php?threadid=29425)

Is it real? Has it happend to anyone here?
Title: Try and rip MPS from a new music CD and by by CD-r drive?
Post by: rpm on October 09, 2003, 02:45:02 PM
They were talking about this last night on Jimmy Kimmel. Apparently, all you have to do is hold the shift key when loading the CD and it will not load the program. Rip away!:D
Title: Try and rip MPS from a new music CD and by by CD-r drive?
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 09, 2003, 02:46:32 PM
Well yeah I read that, but still I think it is pretty disturbing that they do not warn you they are going to install stuff that is going to mess with your system.

another mark against RIAA.
Title: Try and rip MPS from a new music CD and by by CD-r drive?
Post by: rpm on October 09, 2003, 02:51:07 PM
I agree, but I bet if you look somewhere in the liner notes it has something to the effect of "Copyrighted Material, do not duplicate without permission."
Title: Try and rip MPS from a new music CD and by by CD-r drive?
Post by: GtoRA2 on October 09, 2003, 02:53:21 PM
Maybe, lol I am tempted to go by a CD now...

Still that is pretty lame of them. RIAA needs to get their heads out of there asses.
Title: Try and rip MPS from a new music CD and by by CD-r drive?
Post by: DiabloTX on October 09, 2003, 02:57:00 PM
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Originally posted by rpm371
I agree, but I bet if you look somewhere in the liner notes it has something to the effect of "Copyrighted Material, do not duplicate without permission."


Thats the grey area as it has been legal to make copies for personal use, just not for reselling or other profit making activities.
Title: Try and rip MPS from a new music CD and by by CD-r drive?
Post by: Dinger on October 09, 2003, 03:02:09 PM
That's a "Trojan Horse" where I come from.
Just another reason not to buy CDs.