Verve CDs now copy-protected

[wesbed]

Today, I purchased the Verve remaster/reissue of Jimmy Smith's 'The Boss.' I attempted to play the CD on my computer. To my surprise, Windows Media Player will display only an FBI Warning on my computer screen, saying that it's against the law to copy the music (or something to that effect). I can find no way to play this CD on my computer (yet !). I didn't know that 'playing' the music I purchased was against the law.

Here is a picture of the back cover of the Jimmy Smith Verve reissue. It includes the FBI Anti-Piracy warning label.

Edited October 8, 2004 by wesbed

[wesbed]

This is the warning message I get on my computer screen when I attempt to play the CD.

[couw]

Clem mentioned something similar here. I have noticed that Windows Mediaplayer and WinAmp do not display the true TOC if there is a bogus TOC as well. This is based on some CProt EMI disks. Nero still shows me the true content of the disk (both TOCs).

[king ubu]

In comes the whining king again... the problem I have with all this copycrap is that actually we who buy this stuff (well, most often... but with all the money I spend on CDs, I have no problem owning a burn of some OOP or hard to find things - would they keep it available I might wait till I could buy the original) get criminalized. Really shitty, really the wrong turn.

I don't care about the facts that "but you can burn it all nevertheless" and "you can't hear any difference" - that's not the point.

[couw]

poor king....

can someone clear up the question on whether these Verve disks actually are CProt?

[king ubu]

poor king....

[robviti]

wesbed,

let me ask a seemingly stupid question: the warning shown in your second post looks like just that, a warning. there's an "okay" button to click. have you done that? i would hope this warning is just a reminder to those who might try to copy the disc, and that one could proceed to play the disc after clicking on the icon (like the "i accept the rules of the licensing agreement" icon you commonly see when you download software).

[wesbed]

let me ask a seemingly stupid question: the warning shown in your second post looks like just that, a warning. there's an "okay" button to click. have you done that?

Unfortunately, when I press 'ok' the warning screen goes away but no music starts playing. I tried to 'play' the CD and up pops the warning message again. If I look at the CD from Windows or try to view the files in Media Player, there are two folders on the CD, both appear to contain nothing.

[David Ayers]

Unfortunately, when I press 'ok' the warning screen goes away but no music starts playing. I tried to 'play' the CD and up pops the warning message again. If I look at the CD from Windows or try to view the files in Media Player, there are two folders on the CD, both appear to contain nothing.

Wow. Things appear to be on a downward spiral indeed...

[Bluerein]

OK so the bottom line is we have to get the EMI/CAPITOL cd's from the US the UNIVERSAL cd's from the EU and the rest from the moon in order to avoid the CC crap.

[Clunky]

CC works well for record companys.

Since BN introduced its CC in mid 2003 I've bought just 3 BN CDs (last 16months approx).The preceeding 16 months saw five or six times that number snapped up by yours truly.

[king ubu]

CC works well for record companys.

Since BN introduced its CC in mid 2003 I've bought just 3 BN CDs (last 16months approx).The preceeding 16 months saw five or six times that number snapped up by yours truly.

Same here. Before I tended to just pick up a dozen RVGs if I saw them for a good prize. Not anymore... three of the cc Conns in a special sale (the prize was so good I couldn't resist), other than those only a few older discs, like some Nineties Rare Grooves. I don't even check their site anymore.

[wesbed]

I will try some other software tonight when I get home from work (Nero, Roxio). I want to see if other software will let me play the CD on my computer. I'll check to see if any friends know about this form of CD protection.

If I can't find a way around the protection, I believe Verve has just lost potential sales to me. Unless the Anti-Piracy label and software is removed in the near future.

This kind of thing is expected to increase sales of recorded music?

[Claude]

Maybe it's a logical consequence of the "LP reproduction" concept: LPs cannot be digitally copied or played on the PC

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Anyway, the Jimmy Smith CD is not copyprotected in Europe:

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002LGWRC (no mention of "kopiergeschützt")

Edited October 8, 2004 by Claude