"It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection
system, that automatically, silently, installs 'helpful' copy
protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD
into default systems. I’m not sure exactly what it does yet, but
I am sure regreting actually purchasing said media now… they
don’t deserve my money if they choose to pull stupid stunts like
this. Installing software without your permission sounds like viral
malware behaviour to me. I certainly hope the AV companies put
signatures into their products for this crap." [Security Focus, via Furdlog]
Noted for when patrons complain that the CD they checked out from
your library messed up their computer. Yeah, this is definitely the
way for the music industry to win back already angry customers.
Thanks to the wonders of the internet, a couple weeks ago I got a
copy of To The 5 Boroughs, the new Beastie Boys album. It's not much
of a growth for them, sounding a lot like their previous record Hello Nasty. Most
of the songs are somewhat forgettable, but MCA gets props for the
following rhyme in It Takes Time to Build:
We got a president we didn't elect,
The Kyoto Treaty he decided to neglect...
I never thought environmental treaties would make it into
mainstream hip-hop songs, but the Beasties proved me wrong.
Beastie Boys: In a world gone mad03/19/2003 10:25 PM BeastieBoys.com is supporting the anti-war movement by changing their
web site to let everyone know what they think about the war. "We felt
it was...
Beastie Boys Embark on Traveling 'Pageant' (AP)09/25/2004 07:45 AM AP - The members of Beastie Boys are flashing liquor and cash while
betting on a street-level parlor game — with a Jewish twist.
Instead of a 40-ounce brew, Adrock throttles a bottle of Manischewitz
wine. In lieu of dice, MCA tosses a dreidel as Mike D hangs back with
a gold Kiddush cup. Moments later, MCA, the band's self-styled Kung Fu
master, chops through a thick stack of matzo bread like Bruce Lee
busting through three-ply mahogany.
Beastie Boys Message Board - TT5B copy control...06/20/2004 01:00 PM venting their frustrations on the band's website .. aren't very happy
about this .. Beastie Boys Message Board .. New Beasties disc has
DRM
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Still no takers: you can place your bid on the assets and masters for now-defunct Beastie Boys record label Grand Royal
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Novell, Mandrake respond to Sun's Red Hat claims
Novell, Mandrake respond to Sun's Red Hat claims01/06/2005 04:22 AM When Sun's Scott McNealy told us that Red Hat had the Linux market, we
decided it might be a good idea to find out what Novell and
Mandrakesoft had to say about that. We exchanged email with
Mandrakesoft CEO François Bancilhon and Novell's director of
product management and marketing, Charlie Ungashick, on the subject of
Solaris 10, Red Hat, and how they compete in a consolidating market.
"one of the reasons boys (and subsequently men) are more likely to develop learning disorders and antisocial 'macho' personalities is that parents treat infant males in their first months of life "like boys""
Microsoft to respond to EC over licensing04/04/2005 10:44 AM Microsoft is due to respond this week to the European Commission's
demand that it come up with more acceptable licensing terms for its
workgroup server protocols or face a possible noncompliance fine of $5
million a day.
Cicadas Respond to Their 17-Year Cue
Cicadas Respond to Their 17-Year Cue05/19/2004 12:16 AM The return of the 17-year cicadas has begun to be heard, and seen, in
the New York region.
The People Who Respond To Spam
The People Who Respond To Spam07/27/2004 02:51 PM It's been pointed out over and over again that if no one ever bought
from spam, there wouldn't be much of a need for it. However, the
people keep buying and everyone else keeps suffering. Back in March,
we wrote about one of the first articles that ever tracked down
someone who would admit
(happily) to buying from spam, but he obviously wasn't the only
one. Following a recent study suggesting that an
awful lot of people buy from spam, USA Today has managed to track down a few of the people who keep spammers
happy and keep the rest of us miserable. The list even includes a
"computer book author," Robert Reinhardt, who says "spam can be
useful," (if you're wondering, he appears to write books on Macromedia
Flash) and a "computer consultant," Michael Breindel, who says he not
only buys from spam, but uses it to promote his own business. From
the look of his website, of course, this "computer consultant" hasn't
yet figured out how to de-moronize his website for non-IE browsers,
since it's full of non-ASCII characters that make the site look, well,
almost like spam.
I am the site admin of DDRKC.com. The author of this
article approached us a few months ago claiming to want to write a
positive publicity piece about the Kansas City local area Dance Dance
Revolution scene. They interviewed a number of us, who all spoke
about the comraderie and positive aspects of having a virtual
community based around DDR. If you read the article, you will note
that NONE of this information was used. Instead, they decided to
focus on the personal exploits of a single person who was doing stupid
and illegal activities. What that has to do with DDR, I have no idea.
It's like creating an expose on how bloggers are evil and engaged in
illegal activities just because one of them decided to go shoplift
something. It completely misrepresents for only DDR as a whole, but
DDRKC and the local players as well. Here is a link to the community
reaction to the article.
Now, BoingBoing pal Jean-Luc
sends us this "response logo" (shown at left) from a group of online
freedom of speech advocates in France. The tagline? "Culture has no
price / Don't buy any CDs." Weblogs throughout France are displaying
the logo as a gesture of solidarity against the SNEP (Syndicat
National de l'Edition Phonographique) anti-P2P campaign. "You sell us
mediocre music at exorbitant prices," the banner exclaims in French,
"Reduce the price of CDs, and start placing a higher priority on the
quality of artists instead of the quantity of money you're cramming in
your pockets." Sacre blog!
Link
"refuses to respond to journalists unless they bust their sources"
Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code
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