# I pit copy protected CDs that lack incompatibility warnings **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 31, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-copy-protected-cds-that-lack-incompatibility-warnings/282480 "2004-12-31T21:15:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-copy-protected-cds-that-lack-incompatibility-warnings/282480/21 "2005-01-02T06:33:28Z")
> [@Petey](#): > > Just to show the mentality of these people, the copy protection company SunnComm was going to sue a student who revealed the shift key trick. > [Link](http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4569.cfm) > > They later withdrew the suit > [Link](http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4577.cfm) I don’t think your links acurately reflect “the mentality of these people”. Here are two more articles about dismissing the lawsuit: [First](http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5089448.html?tag=nefd_top) [second](http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2003/10/10/news/8797.shtml) My impression from these articles is that the CEO saw his company’s stock drop 10 million dollars, emotionaly lashed out at the catalyst, and then upon reflection, decided that was the wrong thing to do. > [@](#): > > “I don’t want to be the people my parents warned me to stay away from,” said Jacobs of his decision. “It’s 10 million bucks, but maybe I can make it back, and maybe [Halderman] can learn a little bit more about our technology so as not to call it brain dead.” > [@](#): > > “I didn’t think that I could get joy; I didn’t think I could relieve the problem by suing,” Jacobs said. “If you want to call it a mistake, yes, it was a mistake to probably talk about launching some lawsuit. But the reality is you live, you learn–and you try to do the right thing all the time.” I have no love for the music business, but I have no beef with technology companies that license their products to the music business. Frankly, I thought that Jacobs’ comments were amazingly candid for a CEO. As to the OP, I agree that a warning label: “this CD won’t work with an iPod” is a reasonable expectation given the market share that iPod has. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-copy-protected-cds-that-lack-incompatibility-warnings/282480/22 "2005-01-02T10:46:02Z")
> [@Omega Glory](#): > > **Barbarian** , I’ve been coveting my roomate’s Mac and ipod for awhile now. One down, one to go j/k. No mac for me until they stop getting shafted in the games department. Well, if you’ve got another CD player, ripping the disk to the hard drive is a piece of cake. Hang on, you’re in New York! If you feel like swinging by my place some afternoon, I’ll do it for you-- and give you a properly formatted audio CD. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-copy-protected-cds-that-lack-incompatibility-warnings/282480/23 "2005-01-02T20:09:40Z")
[AnyDVD](http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html) can unlock protected Audio CDs and DVDs on the fly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-copy-protected-cds-that-lack-incompatibility-warnings/282480.md?page=1)