Copy Protection in burning software
Posted on 15/07/02 18:44 by Guest                             
Copy Protection in burning software

If this is going to be the future some software company`s like roxio will be out of buisness soon,Who want`s burning software that decide`s what you will burn or not?

With the latest version of Toast(writing software for the mac)it wont be possible in the future to copy protected audio cd`s,Now Roxio in coorperation the the record company`s have set in the agreement that they can modify there software online so it wont be possible to copy protected audio cd`s.

The security update`s Roxio talks about in there agreement was discovered by Davon Crandon on the maclist of TheMacintoshguy in the agrement stands :

Owners of such Secure Content ("Secure Content Owners") may, from time to time, request Roxio or its suppliers to provide security related updates to the DRM components of the Software ("Security Updates") that may affect your ability to copy, display and/or play Secure Content through the Software or other applications that utilize the Software. You therefore agree that, if you elect to download a license from the Internet which enables your use of Secure Content, Roxio or its suppliers may, in conjunction with such license, also download onto your computer such Security Updates that a Secure Content Owner has requested that Roxio or its suppliers distribute.

Roxio it self doesnt mention anything about this on there website.
It`s possible that the same agreement will be in the pc version of Toast to better know as , EZ CD Creator,But until now there is no proof thats it is


Ok i have translated it from a dutch article so if it contains spelling mistakes I am sorry. If your dutch you can read the full article Here

Source: PlanetInternet

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By Refrenz, Mon 15 Jul 2002 19:31
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Well if this is true, Roxio can kiss goodbye to their users, as they seek less restrictive copying software. (Mind you, I doubt anyone who is knowledgeable to copy a protected disc even uses their rubbish products anyway Wink ).
By roadworker, Mon 15 Jul 2002 19:46
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Great move,Roxio!!:4....Die Die..:4 Plenty of better stuff available...Wink
By craig0007, Mon 15 Jul 2002 20:14
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What is the point of this? Roxio's Easy CD Creator can't copy any kind of protection anyway.
By Guest, Mon 15 Jul 2002 20:19
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<sarcasm> I hope they don't do that to EASYCD since it is the perfect software to copy protected CD's. </sarcasm>
By ploegercr, Mon 15 Jul 2002 20:45
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ploegercrpeople will make cracks for it anyway then ... Smilie
By the111, Mon 15 Jul 2002 21:02
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'Well if this is true, Roxio can kiss goodbye to their users,' Users? Nobody uses Roxio. And there's no way Ollie's going to bow to industry pressure now is there! Wink
By Guest, Mon 15 Jul 2002 21:47
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On the Mac, Roxio is the first and the best for CD Software. On the PC, it's the last ! But, on the Mac, there is no protected CD software. Apple gives with his systems some software for ripping CDA and burning. The real question will be the attitude of Apple. Ma Pomme
By mbg, Mon 15 Jul 2002 23:58
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Are they talking about copy protection SCHEMES, or the copy protection flag that identifies the CD as being copywright?
By Folharth, Tue 16 Jul 2002 00:10
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I hope my CLONECD will do not do that Wink Anyway ROXIO SUCK ;r
By Zyron, Tue 16 Jul 2002 00:27
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Kinda funny.... Why lower the Roxio stocks? Seams like they Really want to stop doing business.... Well, bye bye Roxio, we wont miss u.
By SirDavidGuy, Tue 16 Jul 2002 00:39
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SirDavidGuy
I hope my CLONECD will do not do that Anyway ROXIO SUCK
Well, as Clone's only purpose is to copy protected CD's, it wouldn'y make sense to remove that feature.
By Guest, Tue 16 Jul 2002 00:50
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I've always used EasyCD for my DAE's.... Anyone know a suitable replacement?
By Mastakilla, Tue 16 Jul 2002 01:08
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www.exactaudiocopy.de the only tool for DAE
By Sherrif, Tue 16 Jul 2002 05:37
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A prime example of how to make an unsuccessful small business out of an unsuccessful big business.....bye bye roxio....:7
By ShadowBlaster, Tue 16 Jul 2002 05:40
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ShadowBlasterFor DAE, MusicMatch Jukebox registered (or cracked :4) takes your drive to the limits.. and with excellent quality
By Guest, Tue 16 Jul 2002 08:34
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nobody uses Roxyo products, and who cares about this software, CloneCD, and Nero Rulez and we have to the crackes Smilie who need more ???
By Guest, Tue 16 Jul 2002 10:44
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I will miss Roxio. Whenever I need a replacement jewelcase, I burn a CD with ECDC, throw away the inevitable coaster and I got myself an empty jewelcase. Easy
By Skruddgemire, Tue 16 Jul 2002 19:19
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Oh, REAL smooth there Roxio...real smooth. First, there is the odd quirk I've seen with every burning suite out there...they all call cd-r(w) disks as copy protected...will burn them anyway, but it is still labled as such...What my friend can't make a copy of the cd his band just recorded? Or second, Plextor has made it's statement that they SUPPORT you being able to make fair-use copies of software regardless of the protection scheme. Does this mean that due to the conflict between software and hardware maker's beliefs that Plextor will drop Roxio in favor of something compatable (Nero would be a good choice I'd think)? Oh well...we shall see
By Zyron, Tue 16 Jul 2002 19:41
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Well, i guess most of us haven't seen Easy CD Creator as a viable solution since Nero got around.... And with Nero's Express package, it has got even easier than with Easy CD Creator... Roxio is going down..... Well, they should have listened to what we had to say to them... May they RIP...
By Pilzbury, Thu 18 Jul 2002 13:59
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Whats Roxio? hehehe
By Augustus, Tue 23 Jul 2002 02:35
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Plextor already ships with Nero... where HAVE you been? clown

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