Crippled CD Deemed Defective In France 388
Noryungi writes "The daily newspaper Liberation reports that at least one person got her money back, by suing EMI, no less. She was able to do that with the help of the largest consumer organization in France, which has its own list of articles on this subject.
So, French people who cannot read their copy-protected CDs can get their money back, but copy protection is not made illegal by the court decision... It's certainly a step in the right direction, though..."
For the French-impaired, an anonymous reader adds "The Register has a good article on EMI being forced to refund the cost of a copy-protected CD, because it was found to have a 'hidden defect' -- it wouldn't work on a car's CD player ... Is the tide changing?"
Welcome ! (Score:0, Funny)
Rimshot (Score:5, Funny)
Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
I'm surprised... (Score:3, Funny)
I guess that if a woman can get millions of dollars for spilling hot coffee on herself, someone else can get a refund for a CD that they couldn't play in their computer.
I hope this encourages record labels to stop making that type of CD!!
france surrenders (Score:2, Funny)
Viva la France! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:DEAD HORSE IS ON TEH SPOKE! (Score:0, Funny)
Insensitive Headline (Score:5, Funny)
Differently-Abled CD Deemed Special In France
Re:Welcome ! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
You give them too much credit to say Tuesday Afternoon... I would have said between 12:15pm and 1:45pm on Tuesday afternoon... with lunch in there too. And, since pirates are taking away so much money for research and development of the anti-piracy schemes, they didn't even have a CD Player to test on... so I suspect they looked at a drawing of a CD Player on a chalkboard, and if when they closed their eyes and concentrated really hard, they heard the music playing, they declared it safe to sell.
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Look, if it weren't for filthy pirates like me constantly ripping music and software, the copyprotection industry would STAGNATE. Millions of jobs would be lost, and the economy would start to collapse. The fact is, pirates and mp3 traders are keeping the industry alive. It's anti-economy types like YOU GUYS that are causing the downfall of everything we hold dear!
Re:What's the "offensive" part? (Score:2, Funny)
Have you ever heard any french pop music?
It'll make you run screaming to the Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears.
Re:Viva la France! (Score:3, Funny)
DORKA (Score:2, Funny)
Contrast this with the Digital Online Right-to-Know Act (DORKA), which would let us geeks know when the RIAA is spying on our P2P activity in an attempt to limit consumer use.
Re:I'm surprised... (Score:2, Funny)
Who knew Mulholland Drive was protected? (Score:1, Funny)
I think the workaround for copy protection on a Mulholland Drive DVD is to watch a better movie.
They're not Crippled CDs (Score:2, Funny)