We’ve all heard the old saying “put your foot in your mouth,” and many of us have probably wished we had the flexibility to do it at least once in our lives. Well, it appears Sony BMG has been taking yoga.
After numerous complaints from iPod owners about the DRM-laden discs the labels have been producing, several artists including The Foo Fighters and Dave Matthew’s Band, and even SonyBMG itself, are now disclosing how to beat their own DRM in order to rip tracks from the CD to an iPod. Those who contact Sony about the iPod/Sony incompatibility are directed to this site which includes instructions on how to beat DRM. You have to enter the artist and album name, the name of the store you purchased it at, and your email address to receive the instructions.
I had a good laugh at this article, just like I had a good laugh at the RICO case against the RIAA. I guess the lablels just love being pricks, like the guy in TFC who does nothing but shoot his own teammates. I could just picture some executive sitting there, thinking to himself, “You know we’re really getting a bad rep lately. I don’t know why people don’t want to pay outrageous sums for our content-which isn’t even that good-and don’t want to get sued by us when they go elsewhere for it. That’s not so bad, is it? Hello? Guys?” I hope that guy and the rest of them all get bunks with Hitler and Osama in Hell.
Bastards.
