Switchfoot apologises for albums copy protection
Posted on 25/09/05 11:50 by Quakester2000                             
Switchfoot apologises for albums copy protection

Womble used our news submit to tell us that popular rock band Switchfoot has publicly apologised after finding out its latest album had copy protection. Band member Tim Foreman wrote on a Switchfoot fan site that his heart was heavy due to the whole copy protection idea.

Tim Foreman said he was astonished and horrified when he found out their newest album (Nothing is Sound) had copy protection added to it. The band immediately looked at all options to see if they could remove the protection from their new album but he said this is the record labels new policy unfortunately.

Tim went on to say that after all the work they put into the new album and then find out about the frustration and confusion caused by this new technology. Tim went on to say as a music fan he agrees with the amount of frustration being expressed by music listeners trying to use the music on their computers.

Switchfoot LogoPopular beat combo Switchfoot has apologised to its fans after Sony released its latest album with content protection. Band member Tim Foreman wrote to a fan site that his heart was heavy with this whole copy-protection thing.

Foreman said he was horrified when he learnt that Sony had released the band's latest album Nothing is Sound with some copy protection."We immediately looked into all of our options for removing this from our new album. Unfortunately, this is the new policy for all new major releases from these record companies." he said.

He said it was heartbreaking to see the band's 'blood, sweat, and tears" over the past two years blurred by the confusion and frustration surrounding this new technology. He said that many PC users have posted problems that they have had importing the new songs (regular disc only) into programs such as Itunes. 'Let me first say that as a musician AND as a music fan, I agree with the frustration that has been expressed," he said.

 

Source: The Inquirer

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By lui_gough, Sunday 25 September 2005 11:54
this is good work and a good start - WAY TO GO SWITCHFOOT! but unfortunately nothing's changed yet ... hope more artists put pressure on them and have the record companies pressure from all sides to remove DRM.
By Ranmacanada, Sunday 25 September 2005 12:11
So if this is what they plan to do with all major releases, I guess they are hoping to sell a copy on CD to you then sell some iTunes to you as well so you can hear them on the computer. Some good old double dipping as usual. GREED is all it is about, nothing more. I love how in Canada more money was collected in levies then was paid in actual royalties. All these protections are only for the labels, NOTHING benefits the bands at all. Want to support your fav band, seem them in concert, seems to be the only way they get their dues.
By jab1981, Sunday 25 September 2005 13:23
"I guess they are hoping to sell a copy on CD to you then sell some iTunes to you as well so you can hear them on the computer." This is exactly what I was told by Sony's customer service representatives when I wrote to them about a copy protected CD I purchased. They directed me towards the iTunes music store where I could purchase the songs for my iPod and advised me that I purchased a CD, not mp3 files.
By Rich86, Sunday 25 September 2005 18:13
Rich86It's too bad about this Switchfoot release. I like this band's music a lot, and have bought every previous release of theirs. But I will not purchase this cd if it is polluted with software that will attempt to install itself on my pc. And as for the comment about Sony feeling you should pay multiple times for the same music in different formats - what happened to this notion that their concern is that we pay for the "artistic content"? I think they just want us to pay - over and over and over. I'm done with them. I have lots of cd's to listen to. A message to Switchfoot - if you ever release this music in a standard red book format music cd (ie. without any software attempting to pollute a computer on it) - please let us know. I would surely purchase the cd then.
By 790, Monday 26 September 2005 04:57
nothing will change with these types of canned "I better not say anything bad about my label" - responses. It's going to take someone with lots of money already that doesn't care about this bs and instead does the right thing.
By Beeder, Monday 26 September 2005 14:21
It's kind of strange...Sony went out of their way to put a label on the Switchfoot disc that claims that CD ripping to PC is "OK" with this disc. The recent Backstreet Boys disc didn't have this label on it. Sounds like Sony's just giving lip service to legitimate user's rights.
By honorelsu, Monday 26 September 2005 14:27
Copy protection as a whole is a tough situation and I feel its a good suffers for the bad situation. The RIAA are greedy and as bad as everyone portrays them to be but they do own the content. Pirating on all formats has gotten out of hand and they are forced to have this sort of protection to protect their business. I do fault them because if they truly wanted to fix the issue they would embrace the consumer and drop the prices on music. They would sell so much more.
[edited by honorelsu on 26.09.2005 14:28]
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