Serves them right!
Originally posted by Ren
[b]There was a very funny thing last year when companies started selling CD’s that would supposedly be protected against copying. They came with a seal that said “This CD is protected against copying. It is impossible to pirate it.”. The first ones were coming at a given date, and the pirate ones got to the market two weeks before that date. And they even came with the same seal! Moreover, the anti-copy CD’s didn’t run in about half the computers and sound systems they were put into.Total cost for developing anti-piracy protection that failed: about US$ 1 million
Percentage of CD’s sold in Brazil by that time that were legit: around 89%. [/b]
Heh. I’m more reminded of the Key2Audio tech. Prevented (even crashed) computers from playing the CD. Until somebody came in with a magic marker.
Total cash spent on anti-piracy protection is probably MUCH higher. And while I don’t mind measures to prevent piracy, many pols and the RIAA/MPAA take it too far…