Glenn Booth wrote:

What is it with these copy protected 'CDs'? Wifey bought Dido's 'Life
for Rent' a week ago from Smith's, and tried to play it in the car on
the way back from the shops. No go, her Golf's CD player wouldn't even
look at it.


Hmmm, can't be too bad sparing the rest of the world from Dido ...


I tried it in the cheapo Tosh 330 DVD player (the one the kids can get
to) and that spat it back at me. 0 out of 3. The million year old
Marantz CD52 didn't have a problem with it.

my Rotel 965 which is the same vintage as your CD52 is able to play all
the Copy Protected CDs I have thrown at it. Haven't tried them on my DVD
player though.



It's dumb. The only people that this inconveniences are the legitimate
customers. Pirates wouldn't even raise a sweat getting a perfect copy of
this onto Kazaa, it's just too easy. I have no problems buying my music,
but it needs to work properly. This just doesn't. BMG are in my ****
list. I don't care who is on their label, they ain't getting my money.


You would think the recording companies are getting desperate to hold on
to whatever income they can get nowadays.

Btw, the copy protected 'CDs' are, as you rightly put in quotes, not
really CDs as all.