Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 21:41:32 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Nils Holland <nils@daemon.tisys.org>, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The road ahead? Message-ID: <20020516214132.B92810@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <3CE40991.D7BF4A2B@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Thu, May 16, 2002 at 12:33:37PM -0700 References: <15586.61471.456290.764885@guru.mired.org> <20020515211922.J1282@darkstar.gte.net> <3CE34A8B.7D999E2C@mindspring.com> <20020516091031.A2259@daemon.tisys.org> <15587.56669.382241.766052@guru.mired.org> <20020516192546.B8944@daemon.tisys.org> <20020516193049.G79514@lpt.ens.fr> <15587.65524.899611.798267@guru.mired.org> <20020516211542.A10910@daemon.tisys.org> <3CE40991.D7BF4A2B@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert said on May 16, 2002 at 12:33:37: > > Well, I guess by the way the copy protection must be implemented on these > > CDs, they are no longer really red-book compliant. As such, putting the > > "Compact Disc - Digital Audio" is probably like lying to the customers - if > > something has been changed on the CD so that it cannot simply be copied, I > > guess the red book standard must have been violated. And although I don't > > currently have any information about copy protected audio CDs (I should > > also read about that topic), I wouldn't be amazed if at least some people > > have problems playing these discs in their "normal" CD players... > > You should ask the EFF if it will support you filing a > lawsuit under the "truth in advertising" laws. As a matter of fact, Philips (the inventors of the CD) did speak out it, and it's mentioned on the front page of the EFF. http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020503_eff_thanks_philips.html -- Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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