Lawsuit Challenges Copy-Protected CDs

[Adul]

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The five major record companies have been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that a new breed of CDs designed to thwart Napster-style piracy is defective and should either be barred from sale or carry warning labels.

The suit, was brought this week in Los Angeles Superior Court by class-action specialists at the law firm Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, on behalf of two Southern California consumers.

Not sure if it is a repost.

 

[glenn1]

I wonder if the RIAA will bring up the "magic marker trick" in their own defense

 

[AnthraX101]

Just a remider:

These arn't CDs. They do not conform to the Red Book standard. They are reflective plastic disks with data on them.

Armani

 

[SludgeFactory]

Originally posted by: AnthraX101
Just a remider:

These arn't CDs. They do not conform to the Red Book standard. They are reflective plastic disks with data on them.

Armani

Yeah, I'd prefer to see Philips suing the crap out of them for putting the CD logo on these things, rather than a class action lawsuit brought by a bunch of money-hungry lawyers.

 

[JellyBaby]

Let's be sure to list our favorite 5 record companies:

Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group, Bertelsmann AG's BMG Entertainment, EMI Group Plc, Sony Corp.'s Sony Music Entertainment and AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Music.

Make a note of 'em.

I'd prefer to see Philips suing the crap out of them for putting the CD logo on these things

Philips, according to some sources a couple months back, made some noise to that effect but it seems it was only noise.