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The beastie boys cd comes loaded with a virus. This is a crime and those sickos responsible should be punished. Here is the article -Ryan M.
Ryan McDermott wrote: This is a crime and those sickos responsible should be punished. I know, but some people claim to like their music...
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The beastie boys cd comes loaded with a virus. This is a crime and those sickos responsible should be punished. Here is the article -Ryan M.
1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
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The beastie boys cd comes loaded with a virus. This is a crime and those sickos responsible should be punished. Here is the article -Ryan M.
There is the possibility that this was unintentional by the Beastie Boys. Jeremy Falcon
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1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
Man, you got some brass - monkey! ;P Jeremy Falcon
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There is the possibility that this was unintentional by the Beastie Boys. Jeremy Falcon
hey chris you are wrong. With that mentallity you are just as sick as those guys that put that virus on the cd. Those people are no better than sven jaschan. -Ryan M.
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hey chris you are wrong. With that mentallity you are just as sick as those guys that put that virus on the cd. Those people are no better than sven jaschan. -Ryan M.
This was not up to the musicians. EMI are a bunch of losers who control CD duplication for their artists. I bet the Beasties don't even know what a virus is. This is the corporate machine at work. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
Beastie Boys' website wrote: This Macrovision technology does NOT install...vaporware of any kind on a users PC I'd like to see anybody install vaporware. Development budgets would be slashed. All that would be needed is someone to imaging a product, propose a suitable release date, wait for it to approach then propose a new date further in the future - Instant vaporware ripe for installation, and at only the fraction of the cost of real software.
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1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware OK I have a question. Since the systems RAM is part of the hardware, and hence my machine, aren't you still installing software, if only temporarily? How do they weezle their way out of this? ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned
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1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
Chris Losinger wrote: 1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! :laugh: Later, JoeSox "Words without actions are the assassins of idealism." -- Herbert Hoover joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest
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This was not up to the musicians. EMI are a bunch of losers who control CD duplication for their artists. I bet the Beasties don't even know what a virus is. This is the corporate machine at work. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
I agree...... King Ad-Rock of Beastie Boys interview[^] Later, JoeSox "Words without actions are the assassins of idealism." -- Herbert Hoover joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest
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1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
Chris Losinger wrote: Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory Hulloh??? a) can you rip it under Linux? BEOS? CP/M? b) Maintains optimum audio sound quality. Hulloh? Anybody home? I bought a CD, I want CD Quality c) Enables playback on standard audio players, on PCs and Macs. What about Linux? BEOS? CP/M? My car's CD player (If I had one)? d) Restricts digital copying of music to a CD-R. - But I am still entitled to one. I wish I'd love Beastie Boys, so I could not buy their CD anyway. If you treat people like a duck, they will soon start to quack. If you treat me like a criminal...
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This was not up to the musicians. EMI are a bunch of losers who control CD duplication for their artists. I bet the Beasties don't even know what a virus is. This is the corporate machine at work. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
That's bullcrap, it has their name on it, if they don't know what's being shipped it's their problem. If you sent out a CD with your software on it, wouldn't you make sure that it had your software and only your software on it? Or would you just hand it over to somebody and say "hey, it's my company's name and reputation, but put whatever you want on it." And it's no different that they are musicians, they are still have a corporate reputation -- don't forget the second word in "Show Business." :mad:
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hey chris you are wrong. With that mentallity you are just as sick as those guys that put that virus on the cd. Those people are no better than sven jaschan. -Ryan M.
With the music business being as it is, I would not be surprised if the Beastie Boys, knowing of it would have no chance to stop it.
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The beastie boys cd comes loaded with a virus. This is a crime and those sickos responsible should be punished. Here is the article -Ryan M.
From the article:
But assuming that the unconfirmed reports are accurate, we have here a media company infecting users' machines silently with a file that affects a computer's functionality, without first obtaining informed consent: a likely violation of pretty much every jurisdiction's anti-hacking laws. It's possible to foresee criminal charges being brought at some point: after all, having a good reason for spreading malware has never been much of a defence in court.
Yeah right! The US government has not only turned a blind eye to RIAA and the MPAA, but they have granted RIAA FBI-like rights to literally barge into your home and take supposedly illegal CDs, your computer, and related items. How can anyone honestly think the government - at least the US government - will stop them? Think about how much money the government (probably about any government) makes off the taxes of music and video sales. If the government made more money from taxes on software sales (since online purchases and service-providers increasingly are getting around sales tax), I doubt we'd see Microsoft continually in the federal courts.
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That's bullcrap, it has their name on it, if they don't know what's being shipped it's their problem. If you sent out a CD with your software on it, wouldn't you make sure that it had your software and only your software on it? Or would you just hand it over to somebody and say "hey, it's my company's name and reputation, but put whatever you want on it." And it's no different that they are musicians, they are still have a corporate reputation -- don't forget the second word in "Show Business." :mad:
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1. they're just fighting for their right to party! 2. listen all y'all, it's a sabotage! *edit* Here is what the Beastie Boys' website has to say about this:
1. There is NO copy controlled software on US or UK releases of Beastie Boys' "To the 5 Boroughs." 2. The disk *IS* copy controlled in Europe - which is standard policy for all Capitol/EMI titles (and a policy used by ALL major labels in Europe). 3. The copy protection system used for all EMI/Capitol releases including "To the 5 Boroughs" is Macrovision's CDS-200, which sets up an audio player into the users RAM (not hard drive) to playback the RED book audio on the disk. It does absolutely NOT install any kind of spyware, shareware, silverware, or ladies wear onto the users system. You can find more information on the technology used here: http://www.macrovision.com/products/cds/cds200/index.shtml This is what EMI has to say about it: Reports that "spyware" is being included on the Beastie Boy's CD, 'To The Five Boroughs' are absolutely untrue. While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories. This Macrovision technology does NOT install spyware or vaporware of any kind on a users PC. In fact, CDS-200 does not install software applications of ANY KIND on a user's PC. All the copy protection in CDS-200 is hardware based, meaning that it is dependent on the physical properties and the format of the CD. None of the copy protection in CDS-200 requires software applications to be loaded onto a computer. The technology does activate a proprietary Macrovision player in order to play the CD on a PC, and that player converts WMA compressed files to audio on the fly. It also temporarily installs a graphic "skin" for the player. Nothing is permanently installed on a hard drive. These details can be verified in the 'install.log' file in the computer's root directory.
Chris Losinger wrote: While the Beastie Boys CD does use copy control in some territories, there is no copy control on the Beasties Boys discs in the US or the UK. Where copy protection is used, it is Macrovision's CDS-200 technology; the same technology being used for the past several months around the world for all of EMI's releases in those territories Ah, the bastards! In my country, I have the right to make a private copy[^] of a CD I buy. Installing a device on it to deny me this right without even warning me when I buy the CD is disgusting (and probably illegal) Another reason to mistrust the recording industry. After the lie about piracy hurting CD sales[^], now the recording industry uses the same excuse to deny me a freedom guaranteed by law.
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The beastie boys cd comes loaded with a virus. This is a crime and those sickos responsible should be punished. Here is the article -Ryan M.
Why would you want a blank CD, if you removed the virus? :rolleyes:
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