Most of us know about all the anti piracy movements that are being done by the MPAA and the RIAA in particular. Such things like lawsuits of massive P2P clients and networks (ISOHunt, PirateBay, Torrentspy, Limewire, Napster, Kazaa etc etc) and they are trying to shut down all these P2P networks.
The problem is, human error still prohibits these things from taking full effect. The biggest networks such as ISOHunt and Torrentspy are still as operational as ever despite lawsuits and any 12 year old can download limewire and get their fix of Chingy and Lil John all day long.
But that's not the point. The point is stuff like this.
That is the MySpace of a band I myself like very much, "Rise Against."
Tell me what's wrong with that page. Anything? Here it is: The entire Sufferer and the Witness album is streamed on the myspace player. You can't fast forward to certain songs, but all the data is there.
To prove a point to myself and some other people on other forums that this is possible, I (through a method I'm not going to tell) copied the entire album, ID3 labled it and burned it to a CD. Instant album, days before it is *supposed* to be released. I am not going to spread it or release it on any networks. I am going to buy the CD when it comes out over iTunes.
*I'm going to email Rise Against and inform them of the wonderful possibilities of the internet. I don't want this happening to them or other bands for that matter.*
I have checked other bands and the same thing is going on. Entire albums not even released yet are listed there. This proves why I hate myspace (this is a joke, this doesn't effect my opinion of myspace even though i still think it's full of shit), it helps piracy!
But in all seriousness, don't people know that it's possible to take anything on the internet and do anything with it?
Personally, I'm in all support of anti piracy DRM, except the type that lockjaws you with a certain company. I.E, ITMS downloaded music only works with the iPod. Then again, people have already figured out how to strip the files of that DRM.
On another topic, companies can take it too far. You may have heard of the rootkit that installed itself whenever certain Sony CDs were inserted into a computer drive. Please, look up what a rootkit is and you can understand why sony was in hot shit for this.
Please, post your opinion of DRM. I'm hoping for a serious discusson.
The problem is, human error still prohibits these things from taking full effect. The biggest networks such as ISOHunt and Torrentspy are still as operational as ever despite lawsuits and any 12 year old can download limewire and get their fix of Chingy and Lil John all day long.
But that's not the point. The point is stuff like this.
That is the MySpace of a band I myself like very much, "Rise Against."
Tell me what's wrong with that page. Anything? Here it is: The entire Sufferer and the Witness album is streamed on the myspace player. You can't fast forward to certain songs, but all the data is there.
To prove a point to myself and some other people on other forums that this is possible, I (through a method I'm not going to tell) copied the entire album, ID3 labled it and burned it to a CD. Instant album, days before it is *supposed* to be released. I am not going to spread it or release it on any networks. I am going to buy the CD when it comes out over iTunes.
*I'm going to email Rise Against and inform them of the wonderful possibilities of the internet. I don't want this happening to them or other bands for that matter.*
I have checked other bands and the same thing is going on. Entire albums not even released yet are listed there. This proves why I hate myspace (this is a joke, this doesn't effect my opinion of myspace even though i still think it's full of shit), it helps piracy!
But in all seriousness, don't people know that it's possible to take anything on the internet and do anything with it?
Personally, I'm in all support of anti piracy DRM, except the type that lockjaws you with a certain company. I.E, ITMS downloaded music only works with the iPod. Then again, people have already figured out how to strip the files of that DRM.
On another topic, companies can take it too far. You may have heard of the rootkit that installed itself whenever certain Sony CDs were inserted into a computer drive. Please, look up what a rootkit is and you can understand why sony was in hot shit for this.
Please, post your opinion of DRM. I'm hoping for a serious discusson.
Last edited by Defiance (2006-07-01 21:50:29)