Search - Various Artists :: More Music from The Fast and the Furious [Copy Protected CD]

I would recommend that you do not buy this album

Richard G. Elen | Cambridge, UK | 02/14/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Due to added "copy-protection" measures, this album does not play on Macintosh computers. It does not play on DVD players with CD capability. It may not play on some regular CD players. Even if it does play initially, it may not play later as the disc becomes worn or the player ages. This disc does not conform to the Sony/Philips "Red Book" standard that defines the specifications to which CDs are made. Due to inferior specifications, Philips have informed manufacturers that discs like this may not be called "Compact Discs" or marketed as such. As they are not "CDs" they may also represent infringement of patents and licenses regarding Compact Disc manufacture. You may not be able to exercise your "fair use" rights as mandated by law in 1992 US legislation if you purchase this disc, due to software designed to defeat transfer to other media. The 1992 Act allows fair use but does not require manufacturers to permit you to exercise this right. I would recommend that you do not buy this album. For more information, see ..."

Unplayable

Patrick Erbeck-McKinnion | Seattle, WA USA | 01/02/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Will *NOT* play in my car CD player, (a GM Saturn), my Sony portable CD player, my Apple Macintosh G4 DVD-ROM drive, my Playstation 2, or anything other than a single, solitary CD clock radio. This is not acceptable, and I returned the CD. And the music isn't even that good. Don't waste your money on a CD that is only playable on a very limited number of CD players. And shame on Universal for releasing a disc with such horribly limited copy protection. Not everyone who plays CD's in their computer pirates the CD, and not everyone runs Windows. And it's quite insulting to be treated like a criminal for wanting to play a CD I bought on a system that plays every other CD out there."

An Intentionally "Defective" CD

Patrick Erbeck-McKinnion | 12/18/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"It has been announced that this CD has been manufactured by Universal Music Group with intentional "defects" which will render it unplayable on many personal computer systems as well as many DVD players and personal CD players. Basically, anything that uses a CD-ROM type drive (and that includes a lot of home audio/video equipment - and personal CD players with MP3 capability) will probably choke on this CD. The reason for this (we are told), is to prevent piracy. The real reason for this, in my opinion, is *corporate control*. To force you to buy the music *twice* - once if you want a CD, and again if you want it for your personal digital listening device. When the recording industry starts selling you defective product on purpose, and tries to dictate how, where, and when you can listen to the CD you've already paid for, it's time to JUST SAY NO."