[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[BCS]

Hello Nick,

> "domino" <effect at sitemine.org> wrote in message
> news:i666vt$1581$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 
>> Walter Bright Wrote:
>> 
>>> domino wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ordinary man cannot have 5 TB of data because ALL standard
>>>> movie/audio CD/DVD/Bluray/HD-DVD discs have DRM copy protection.
>>>> 
>>> CDs are not copy protected.
>>> 
>> False.
>> 
>> I have 10--20 discs with cactus data protection. Two with sony bmg
>> rootkit protection system. And several with mediamax protection. At
>> least the cactus shit is annoying. They corrupted the audio on
>> purpose and it's audible even with a legal authentic cd audio player.
>> If you place these discs in a standard PC cd/dvd drive, it just spins
>> and spins and spins and spins and the OS either hangs or refuses to
>> open the cd tray. I'm 100% sure you are not allowed to break these.
>> 
> The vast majority of CDs don't have that. I have approx 250 commercial
> audio CDs, and not a single one of them has any DRM. And if I did want
> something that only came on a DRMed CD, I'd just say "Fuck you Sony"
> and pirate it.
> 

I'd buy the disk, put it on the shelf and let it collect dust with the rest 
and download the tracks I really care about.
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