And they wonder why we hate them.<\/p>\n
In case you’ve been out of the Net loop, when you buy an UNRESTRICTED track at the iTunes Store, it comes with your NAME and E-MAIL address EMBEDDED!<\/p>\n
Why is it these fucks think we won’t catch on, that we’re ignorant and won’t spread the word how fucked up they are.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t they understand this is how they got in trouble in the FIRST PLACE?\u00c2\u00a0 The INTERNET!<\/p>\n
Just like Lindsay Lohan can’t cover up the fact that she crashed her car high on coke, Apple and EMI can’t cover up the fact that they’re fucking with us.\u00c2\u00a0 This is WORSE than restricted\/DRM\/copy-protected music!<\/p>\n
They’re trying to SCARE US back into the last century.\u00c2\u00a0 Trying to trip us up, trying to keep us playing on their terms.\u00c2\u00a0 EMI hasn’t given up on copy protection, they’ve just instituted a NEW ONE!\u00c2\u00a0 Wherein they can trace your track if you choose to do anything untoward with it.\u00c2\u00a0 Yup, if it’s your track that’s being traded P2P, you’re FUCKED!\u00c2\u00a0 You’d better not open your music folder to P2P trading, your NAME might get out!<\/p>\n
How fucked up is THIS?\u00c2\u00a0 Why don’t you put a camera in my bedroom while you’re at it.\u00c2\u00a0 Why don’t you require a list of every girl I ever fucked before I get into the gig.\u00c2\u00a0 What’s next, SAT SCORES?<\/p>\n
I thought the music was supposed to be your friend.\u00c2\u00a0 But now it’s just part of the endless scamster scene populated by spammers and thieves looking to gain information, to strip us of our identities or beat us into submission.\u00c2\u00a0 Yup, this is exactly what John Lennon had in mind when he made his music, a private FBI, that could fuck with you just like the U.S. government fucked with him, tried to get him deported.\u00c2\u00a0 Lennon fought for years.\u00c2\u00a0 There was an emotional cost.\u00c2\u00a0 As for the FINANCIAL COST?\u00c2\u00a0 He could afford it.\u00c2\u00a0 Can YOU?\u00c2\u00a0 If you’re sued by the RIAA can you even mount a DEFENSE?<\/p>\n
In the future, the music will float freely, or be so abundant and cheap that you won’t need to trade\/transfer\/steal.\u00c2\u00a0 But YOU’RE gonna have to sacrifice your rights now, along the way.<\/p>\n
Where do they come up with this shit?\u00c2\u00a0 How could they think they could get away with it?\u00c2\u00a0 Are they really this afraid, this desperate, willing to do ANYTHING to protect their old business model?<\/p>\n
As for 256kbps files…\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve got thousand dollar speakers<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and I can barely hear the difference between the version of McCartney’s "Letting Go" I downloaded from iTunes and the 160kbps MP3 rip I made from the original CD.\u00c2\u00a0 On cheaper speakers, on earbuds?\u00c2\u00a0 NO DISTINGUISHABLE DIFFERENCE!<\/p>\n In other words, EMI just wanted to find a way to charge thirty cents more while RETAINING the copy protection.\u00c2\u00a0 FUCKERS!<\/p>\n Apple hides account info in DRM-free music, too<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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