"Virus" on Beastie Boy CD?

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Sure sure if this was mentioned yet, if so I apologize

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/beastie_boy_cd_virus/?index

autorun supposedly installs DRM

― nothingleft (nothingleft), Friday, 25 June 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

(yes I know, use the SHIFT key... but thought it might be of interest...)

― nothingleft (nothingleft), Friday, 25 June 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone experienced this? That's definitely pretty insane.

― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Friday, 25 June 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

the beasties are back to their fratboy hijinks

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 25 June 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Very seriously uncool if true.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 25 June 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.boingboing.net/2004/06/11/new_beasties_disc_ha.html

Update: Ian sez, "Hi, I'm not sure who posted re: Beastie Boys copy protection, but I just spoke with Mike D and their management and they wanted me to pass along that a) This is all territories except the US and UK -- US and UK discs do not have this protection on them; b) All EMI CDs are treated this way, theirs isn't receiving special treatment; c) They would have preferred not to have the copy protection, but weren't allowed to differ from EMI policy."

― dathompson, Friday, 25 June 2004 23:35 (twenty-one years ago)

they should have held out on production, like Tool did.

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Friday, 25 June 2004 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Thats got to be bullshit. Its EMI policy? What they just changed policy the other day did they? I mean if this was policy then i'm sure there would have been other CDs with the same problem and this is the first i've heard of it.!

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 28 June 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

all emi releases in .au for the last couple years have been copy controlled

― kit brash (kit brash), Monday, 28 June 2004 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

But having copy protection on all but UK and USA releases is a bit closing the stable door after all horses but one have bolted?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 07:51 (twenty-one years ago)

I believe most EMI releases for the last couple of years have had copy control but it doesn't really matter cos i-tunes completely over-rides it anyway. In your face EMI!

therobj

― therobj, Monday, 28 June 2004 09:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Previously, on a Kevin Ayers thread...
Oddly, I got "Joy of a Toy" at Boudisque in Amsterdam, for a similar price (euros). Why odd, was that That one has the Copy Protection software drag. Since then, I have seen other copies in the UK and none of them have the copy prot.
The other day in CD warehouse, two copies of "Let it be - Naked" one with copyprot, one without. Now, the beatles I can see would have a large production run. Less so K.Ayers. What's EMI's policy here?

-- mark grout (mark.grou...), June 25th, 2004.

So, this would seem to be based on territory. UK ones are 'alright', european ones are copy protected.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 10:06 (twenty-one years ago)

all emi releases in .au for the last couple years have been copy controlled

Same here in Canada. Usually a good portion of the back cover of CDs is covered in graphics and texts about copy-protection.

― Vic Funk, Monday, 28 June 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

EMI's been sticking some generic anti-piracy "statment" at the back of their UK CDs for some time now....

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Monday, 28 June 2004 11:16 (twenty-one years ago)

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