Many Europeans Irritated by the New Natalie Imbruglia CD...
11-21-01 | 11:29 PM
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Many Europeans Irritated by the New Natalie Imbruglia CD...
...because they cannot play it:
http://www.wtop.com/news/news-story.jhtml?NewsId=172742
By RON HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
Call it the Imbruglia imbroglio.
The latest CD from Natalie Imbruglia, the coquettish Australian pop star, won't play in some CD and DVD players because of copy protection technology included on the disc.
That has prompted a spate of complaints to Imbruglia's record label, Bertelsmann Music Group, which has set up a toll-free phone hotline to deal with the fallout over the CD "White Lilies Island," released Nov. 5 in Europe.
The album has not yet been released in the United States.
"We always are concerned if something is not playable on a CD player," said BMG spokeswoman Regine Hofmann, who said the company has received complaints from about one customer for every 1,000 CDs shipped.
Hofmann would not give a number of total Imbruglia CDs shipped.
The blemish on the Imbruglia CD rollout would not detour BMG from using copy protection on future CDs, Hofmann said.
Designed to prevent consumers from pirating music or distributing copyright material freely on the Internet, music labels have in recent months begun to introduce so-called digital rights management technology, mostly in Europe.
Hofmann said that although BMG considers protected CDs still to be preliminary, "the testing phase is proceeding in a way that we want to pursue it."
Imbruglia's CD contains technology called Cactus Data Shield, developed by Tel Aviv-based Midbar Tech Ltd.
Midbar's CD copy protection also was included on 10,000 CDs Sony released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia late last year.
There are several variations of the company's copy protection, including versions that permit tracks from a CD to be copied to a computer for listening but not moved to another PC or shared online.
Some people who purchased the Imbruglia CD complained the disc would not play in their PCs or Sony PlayStation2 consoles, Hofmann said.
Others voiced their complaints on Imbruglia's official Web site. One person said the CD prevented him from playing the disc on his computer running the Linux operating system.
Another person posted a message indicating that the CD would not work in some older stereo systems and does not function in DVD players with audio CD capabilities.
The Imbruglia CD also does not allow consumers to convert its song tracks into MP3 files, a compressed digital version of the disc's original audio file tracks.
Universal, Warner, EMI, BMG and Sony all are exploring technologies that will limit the digital duplication of CDs.
http://www.wtop.com/news/news-story.jhtml?NewsId=172742
Europeans Miffed New CD Won't Play
By RON HARRIS
Associated Press Writer
Call it the Imbruglia imbroglio.
The latest CD from Natalie Imbruglia, the coquettish Australian pop star, won't play in some CD and DVD players because of copy protection technology included on the disc.
That has prompted a spate of complaints to Imbruglia's record label, Bertelsmann Music Group, which has set up a toll-free phone hotline to deal with the fallout over the CD "White Lilies Island," released Nov. 5 in Europe.
The album has not yet been released in the United States.
"We always are concerned if something is not playable on a CD player," said BMG spokeswoman Regine Hofmann, who said the company has received complaints from about one customer for every 1,000 CDs shipped.
Hofmann would not give a number of total Imbruglia CDs shipped.
The blemish on the Imbruglia CD rollout would not detour BMG from using copy protection on future CDs, Hofmann said.
Designed to prevent consumers from pirating music or distributing copyright material freely on the Internet, music labels have in recent months begun to introduce so-called digital rights management technology, mostly in Europe.
Hofmann said that although BMG considers protected CDs still to be preliminary, "the testing phase is proceeding in a way that we want to pursue it."
Imbruglia's CD contains technology called Cactus Data Shield, developed by Tel Aviv-based Midbar Tech Ltd.
Midbar's CD copy protection also was included on 10,000 CDs Sony released in the Czech Republic and Slovakia late last year.
There are several variations of the company's copy protection, including versions that permit tracks from a CD to be copied to a computer for listening but not moved to another PC or shared online.
Some people who purchased the Imbruglia CD complained the disc would not play in their PCs or Sony PlayStation2 consoles, Hofmann said.
Others voiced their complaints on Imbruglia's official Web site. One person said the CD prevented him from playing the disc on his computer running the Linux operating system.
Another person posted a message indicating that the CD would not work in some older stereo systems and does not function in DVD players with audio CD capabilities.
The Imbruglia CD also does not allow consumers to convert its song tracks into MP3 files, a compressed digital version of the disc's original audio file tracks.
Universal, Warner, EMI, BMG and Sony all are exploring technologies that will limit the digital duplication of CDs.
11-22-01 | 12:10 AM
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From: Bartertown due to it having a better economy than where I really live.
I was wondering if she'd ever have another cd
is this her 2nd?
when it hits the US will it have stupid copy right protection?
are the songs any good?
is this her 2nd?
when it hits the US will it have stupid copy right protection?
are the songs any good?
11-22-01 | 11:17 PM
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When will these stupid recording companies learn?
MP3 IS a right, not a privilege. I never agree with the idea of industries telling me what I can or cannot do with the product I purchase.
MP3 IS a right, not a privilege. I never agree with the idea of industries telling me what I can or cannot do with the product I purchase.
11-23-01 | 03:52 AM
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It's been on the internet since the first week of September because I didn't even know she had a new album at that time.
I didn't care much for the first one but this one is quite good in my opinion.
They also said Creed would be a big copy-protected deal and it was on the net a week before the album out.
F**k em'.
I didn't care much for the first one but this one is quite good in my opinion.
They also said Creed would be a big copy-protected deal and it was on the net a week before the album out.
F**k em'.
11-23-01 | 06:21 PM
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Originally posted by Rubix
ive had this album for months, its really good after a few listens
ive had this album for months, its really good after a few listens
Does anybody know how much of the new album she wrote?
11-23-01 | 10:00 PM
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i dont know which she wrote and which she didnt, but you might want to check out ednaswap - torn
they originally wrote and recorded the song, and they do it much different, but its better in some ways, or its less poppy at least
also, for some reason, ann preven (girl in ednaswap who wrote it) hates natalie because she got popular off their song. i dont know why they sold it to her then if they were gonna get mad about it.
they originally wrote and recorded the song, and they do it much different, but its better in some ways, or its less poppy at least
also, for some reason, ann preven (girl in ednaswap who wrote it) hates natalie because she got popular off their song. i dont know why they sold it to her then if they were gonna get mad about it.
11-24-01 | 01:43 PM
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Originally posted by Alyoshka
Unlike Britney Spears, the ones that she does write are actually really good.
Unlike Britney Spears, the ones that she does write are actually really good.
11-24-01 | 08:06 PM
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Originally posted by RJainMJ
Wow, that's a shame. It's a great album and its sales will be hurt because of the stupidity of the record labels.
Wow, that's a shame. It's a great album and its sales will be hurt because of the stupidity of the record labels.
11-24-01 | 08:54 PM
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Originally posted by Drexl
I don't know about that. If it weren't for this copy protection thing, I probably wouldn't even know she has a new album out. I remember her from a few years back, but I'd bet that a lot of people in the States don't.
I don't know about that. If it weren't for this copy protection thing, I probably wouldn't even know she has a new album out. I remember her from a few years back, but I'd bet that a lot of people in the States don't.
11-25-01 | 11:55 PM
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From: Seattle
That Day
Beauty On the Fire
Satellite
Do You Love
Wrong Impression
Goodbye
Everything Goes
Hurricane
Sunlight
Talk In Tounges
Butterflies
Come September
I downloaded it the other day and I like it a lot. It's a lot different than her first.
Beauty On the Fire
Satellite
Do You Love
Wrong Impression
Goodbye
Everything Goes
Hurricane
Sunlight
Talk In Tounges
Butterflies
Come September
I downloaded it the other day and I like it a lot. It's a lot different than her first.
11-26-01 | 12:31 AM
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From: Bartertown due to it having a better economy than where I really live.
thanks
Originally posted by palebluedot
That Day
Beauty On the Fire
Satellite
Do You Love
Wrong Impression
Goodbye
Everything Goes
Hurricane
Sunlight
Talk In Tounges
Butterflies
Come September
I downloaded it the other day and I like it a lot. It's a lot different than her first.
That Day
Beauty On the Fire
Satellite
Do You Love
Wrong Impression
Goodbye
Everything Goes
Hurricane
Sunlight
Talk In Tounges
Butterflies
Come September
I downloaded it the other day and I like it a lot. It's a lot different than her first.
