Friday, December 12, 2003

Sobre pseudo-CDs pseudo-protegidos contra cópia

O que o povo do Blind Guardian tem a dizer sobre isso... (fonte)

Marcus Siepen: "I talked to our Virgin-Productmanager about that two days ago...guess what, he also thinks that this protection sucks, he has the same problems with it and he also knows that the CD still can be copied. But he has no choice, just like we have no choice, it is a decision made by the big bosses, a worldwide decision affecting every CD released by virgin, sorry"

"If it makes you feel better, Thomen for example can´t listen to "Live" in his car...we have the same problems like you"

Question: What is the band's stance on bootlegs?

Hansi Kürsch: "I consider it okay that our fans buy them. I also don't mind if people trade our music on mp3, because it promotes the band. That's also why I don't like to have copy-protection on our cd's. The only thing I don't like is when people make money from our music by selling bootlegs. That's the problem."

É isso. Qualquer dia eu mando um vale postal pra eles com o valor do Live, que eu me recuso a comprar. Eles decidem o que fazem com o dinheiro, e quanto dele devem dar pra gravadora.

Algumas observações importantes:

(1) Todas as pseudo-proteções inventadas até o momento são estúpidas e fáceis de serem burladas. Todos os pseudo-CDs protegidos contra cópia que eu vi circulavam livremente nos P2P.

(2) Curiosidade: Procure o selo "compact disc digital audio" nas capas desses pseudo-CDs. Você não vai achar (ou não deveria...). A Philips proibiu o uso da logomarca pra esses discos, de modo que não são oficialmente "CDs". Por isso me refiro aos mesmos como "pseudo-CDs".

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