From: owner-oztori-digest@smoe.org (oztori-digest) To: oztori-digest@smoe.org Subject: oztori-digest V3 #272 Reply-To: oztori@smoe.org Sender: owner-oztori-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oztori-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oztori-digest Tuesday, November 11 2003 Volume 03 : Number 272 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [oztori] I just thought I should say "on list" ... [Nadyne Mielke Subject: Re: [oztori] I just thought I should say "on list" ... At 11:28 PM 11/9/2003, Nathan "." wrote: [snip] >odg... no!!!! The O/S pressed copies won't havvit >will they? :( Yes, the overseas copies will have copy-protection as well. Atlantic/Warner seems to have bought into it in a big way. Thankfully, it's trivial to get around it. If you're using a Windows computer, simply hold down the shift key when you put it in your computer. (Better, turn auto-run off, and you never have to worry about this.) For those of y'all using a Mac, you're fine, since iTunes seems to ignore it. And it's trivial to get around it on Linux, but I figure that if you're smart enough to use Linux, then you're smart enough to work out how to ignore copy protection. The newest Sarah McLachlan release has this so-called feature, and there's lots of other albums out there with it now. /nm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:58:57 +1000 From: Zac Ariel Subject: Re: [oztori] I just thought I should say "on list" ... Nadyne Mielke wrote: > Thankfully, it's trivial to get around it. If you're using a Windows > computer, simply hold down the shift key when you put it in your > computer. (Better, turn auto-run off, and you never have to worry about oh, it's *that* "copy protection" method ... i seem to recall that a student found this out and used the knowledge of how to get around it for an essay or something -- upon finding out about the essay, story has it that the company responsible sent their lawyers after him as he'd broken the dmca law, in the section that states "thou shalt not use computer trickery to circumvent copy control mechanisms". or something. this managed to receive coverage in the news, so i presume it's not just an urban myth: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-10-26-princeton-cover_x.htm z. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 19:00:36 -0800 (PST) From: Nathan "®" Subject: Re: [oztori] I just thought I should say "on list" ... Nadyne Mielke wrote: > Yes, the overseas copies will have copy-protection > as > well. Atlantic/Warner seems to have bought into it > in a big way. Great. > Thankfully, it's trivial to get around it. If > you're using a Windows > computer, simply hold down the shift key when you > put it in your > computer. Yesh oi've heard about this. Nathan. ===== "I get passionate just like you But I have a little self-control You just show your selfish attitude Your emotion leaves me cold" - Kylie Minogue, "Finer Feelings". "I was going to leave early myself" - Alice, at Jarrod's b'day 2000. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ------------------------------ End of oztori-digest V3 #272 ****************************