Damn those PhD Students

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:22 pm

Post by **miftah** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:30 pm

So how long do you suppose it will take the music industry to figure out that they are 100% fucked forever?

Post by **bio** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 3:50 pm

In related news, the RIAA filed suit against the KMA (Keyboard Manufacturing Association) today.

"These keyboards are designed to promote piracy" said RIAA President, Cary Sherman. "The fact that they didn't implement safeguards to prevent copyright infringement shows blatant disrespect for the law".

A similar lawsuit was successful against the Sharpie Corporation last year.

mmeowgrl · Post by **mmeowgrl** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:09 pm

hehehe

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:13 pm

bio wrote:In related news, the RIAA filed suit against the KMA (Keyboard Manufacturing Association) today.

"These keyboards are designed to promote piracy" said RIAA President, Cary Sherman. "The fact that they didn't implement safeguards to prevent copyright infringement shows blatant disrespect for the law".

A similar lawsuit was successful against the Sharpie Corporation last year.

Hey those drugs aren't hitting you that hard yet, that was damn funny!!

Post by **bio** » Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:37 pm

I dunno on that... my head is full of oatmeal and typing is hard.

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:01 pm

So now they are going to sue the guy. Maybe if they had a better QA department they wouldn't have this problem.
So apparently the way it works is, you buy a software package. Find a problem with it, and they sue you.

mmeowgrl · Post by **mmeowgrl** » Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:42 pm

I have autorun disabled on all the machines here, and a lot of people at home don't use autorun either. So I don't see how they can sue. The protection would not work with any box configured that way. They are just pissed that the "technology" was broken so easily. I wonder how much money they conned the record company out of to use their product?

Post by **eddiecanuck** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:25 pm

Looks like they finally came to their senses

mmeowgrl · Post by **mmeowgrl** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 12:49 pm

Morons. The world is filled with them.

Post by **bio** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:35 pm

Here's the part of the whole thing that makes me a little cranky:

Future versions of the SunnComm software would include ways that the copy-protecting files would change their name on different computers, making them harder to find, Jacobs said. Moreover, the company will distribute the technology along with third-party software, so that it doesn't always come off a protected CD, he added.

Wouldn't that constitute a virus? Isn't it a program that intentionally interferes with the normal operations of your computers, installed without your knowledge?

Wouldn't it be against the law if they placed such a program on your computer without your knowledge? Couldn't Microsoft sue them for installing something that intentionally breaks the functionality of their software?

Points to ponder.