So I just got a CD I've been eagerly awaiting, and not only does it force me to install an album license, but it'll only copy the music onto my computer in protected wma files, so I can't import them into iTunes. The fuck? Have other people seen this, and I'm just late on the zeistgeistwagon, or is this new? Where do they get off trying to control what software I use to listen to the CD?
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
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Emily - Feb 23, 2005 6:45:32 pm PST #639 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
aurelia - Feb 23, 2005 6:56:27 pm PST #640 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Marlin Perkins wouldn't have killed the tiger.
Lee - Feb 23, 2005 7:08:53 pm PST #641 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
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§ ita § - Feb 23, 2005 7:10:43 pm PST #642 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lee, I didn't stick my tongue back out at him, but I wrinkled my nose and rolled my eyes. Payment in kind.
I put an application in on one of the apartments Ali found. I should give my 30 days notice tomorrow anyway, but I find out tomorrow if I got it.
Lee - Feb 23, 2005 7:14:45 pm PST #643 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Which one, ita?
And good for you.
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2005 7:17:06 pm PST #644 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The dark one. It'd be perfect if it were right here, and had a gas range. Oh, and cheaper.
Otherwise, it's very very nice.
Emily - Feb 23, 2005 7:17:35 pm PST #645 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hm. From the amount of blather on then internets about it, this is not a new problem. Still, I'm all incensed. I feel like rebelling against my capitalist oppressors. I don't like Windows Media Player, and more to the point I do like my iPod. Fuckers.
I have half a mind to send it back and say, listen, you can keep your damn benefit CD! But, on the other hand... I wanted this CD, durnit! That, and I don't know if they'll take returns after it's been opened.
Lysana - Feb 23, 2005 7:18:26 pm PST #646 of 10002
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Thanks for the birthday wishes, y'all.
Lee! Congrats on the new job!
Where do they get off trying to control what software I use to listen to the CD?
Copy-protected CDs are relatively new, but they've been an annoyance on the market for a little while now. I think there's a way to get around that with the proper application of a felt-tip marker, but I can't remember which part of the CD you need to cover.
§ ita § - Feb 23, 2005 7:19:29 pm PST #647 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Emily, does it say anywhere in the product listing or on the outside of the package about that restriction? If not, I'd return it without compunction. Even if so, I might give it a shot.
Emily - Feb 23, 2005 7:22:23 pm PST #648 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Not that I can see, but I'm not sure where to look. I got it from Amazon (I admit, I did originally see it on the HRC store Website, but I had an Amazon gift certificate, so...)
ETA: Oh, wait, in this itty-bitty print on the bottom of the back cover it says, "This disc contains copy control technology. It is designed to be compatible with yadda yadda ... Minimum requirements MS Windows 95, yadda" but it doesn't say anything about only being playable with WMP.