Coldplay's new CD: can't play it, can't return it

["Gary Funck" <gary () intrepid com>]

[should non- Redbook compliant "CD"s be stamped with
with a large, visible consumer warning sticker?  - Gary]

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/01/coldplays_new_cd_has.html


Sunday, January 1, 2006
Coldplay's new CD has rules: No MP3s, no DVD players, no car stereos

Coldplay's latest CD X&Y comes with an insert that discloses all the rules
enforced by the DRM they included on the disc. Of course, these rules are
only visible after you've paid for the CD and brought it home, and as the
disc's rules say, "Except for manufacturing problems, we do not accept
product exchange, return or refund," so if you don't like the rules, that's
tough.

What are the other rules? Here are some gems: "This CD can't be burnt onto a
CD or hard disc, nor can it be converted to an MP3" and "This CD may not
play in DVD players, car stereos, portable players, game players, all PCs
and Macintosh PCs." Best of all, the insert explains that this is all "in
order for you to enjoy a high quality music experience." Now, that's
quality.

I wonder how Coldplay feels about their fans getting all these rules set
down for them by the music label? I wonder if most fans who read these rules
will be wise enough to blame corporate, or whether they'll just decide to
dig up a band whose label treats them like customers, not crooks? It's
amazing how the labels always seem to come up with new ways of screwing
artists: if they're not cheating them out of royalties, they're
systematically alienating their fan-base. Link (via Digg)
[...]

see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_Control

[thanks go to JS and CC for spotting this one.]


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