--- Forwarded Message from Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 13:19:57 -0600
>From: Derek Roff <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6694 Copy-protection crashes computers?
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--On Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:22 PM -0400 LLTI-Editor
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> There is a new generation of copy-protected audio CDs that can
>> crash your computer or render it unable to start up properly.

This has been discussed in two of the video lists that I follow, and
I read an Apple technical bulletin on it.  I believe that it is real.
According to the list discussion, few of these CDs are being sold in
the US so far, and many are available in the UK.  I can't confirm
that.

The guerilla anti-marketing suggestion that was made on the list, was
for everyone to go to their local CD vendor, buy the copy-protected
not-really-a-CD, open it, return it to the vendor saying that the CD
wouldn't play properly, and repeat.  If this internet-promoted
resistance campaign becomes widespread, I think this copy protection
idea will fade away fast. In the meantime, make sure you see the
trademarked CD logo on a disk before you put it in your drive.

Derek

Derek Roff
Language Learning Center, Ortega Hall Rm 129, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131  505/277-7368 fax 505/277-3885
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