[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Nick Sabalausky]

"BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message 
news:a6268ff1bb248cd1ce96dc11abc at news.digitalmars.com...
> 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.

That's what I've mostly been doing lately (Except I rip the disc. Everything 
online is MP3 - meh).