EMI music and Macs

[Dane D.]

Antipiracy “Rules” For New Coldplay CD Disallow Ripping, Storing, Playing On A Mac. ****; them..

Sometimes, real life is just too funny to be parodied. This week Boingboing.net takes a look at a new CD by the band Coldplay. Inside, some music fans outside the United States and Britain will find a hilariously long list of "rules" that are enforced by EMI's antipiracy software.

Among them are no converting songs into MP3 format and no ripping and storing songs on a hard drive or CD. "Some" CD players, car stereos, DVD players and PC's will not play the CD. It cannot be played on a Mac. EMI, with no apparent irony, tells CD buyers that the rules are enforced "in order for you to enjoy high quality music."

Almost as funny - but not quite - is a parody at Groklaw.com for ColdPizza. One rule: "This FOOD PRODUCT cannot be reheated using an unauthorized FOOD PRODUCT Reheating (FP-R) device."

link: http://drunkreport.com/reports/coldplay.htm
I've seen DVDs that state can't view extra content on Macs but music cds, come on. This is where music is going? And people wonder why cd sales are sliding. The first thing I do when I buy a new music cd. I make an audio quality copy for my car, I rip the highest quality MP3 I can for iTunes and tape it for my truck and garage tape players. That just plain stinks on EMI's part.