Sunday, January 01, 2006

The New Way

Via Atrios, who names them Wankers of the Day:

Coldplay.

Coldplay's new CD comes with an insert that discloses all the rules enforced by the DRM they included on the disc. Of course, these rules are only visible after you've paid for the CD and brought it home, and as the disc's rules say, "Except for manufacturin/g problems, we do not accept product exchange, return or refund," so if you don't like the rules, that's tough.

What are the other rules? Here are some gems: "This CD can't be burnt onto a CD or hard disc, nor can it be converted to an MP3" and "This CD may not play in DVD players, car stereos, portable players, game players, all PCs and Macintosh PCs." Best of all, the insert explains that this is all "in order for you to enjoy a high quality music experience." Now, that's quality.


Happy Fucking New Year to you too.

6 comments:

mp3hugger said...

Frightening stuff, although what's scarier is that someone would actually go out and buy a Coldplay CD. HNY.

refinnej said...

wtf is THAT all about? It's as if they are saying please don't buy or listen to any of our music ever..

And I can do that because they have really been sucking massivly lately.

refinnej said...

And happy New Year to you and Thers and the kiddies!

watertiger said...

I'm still trying to figure out what you use the CD for, other than as a coaster.

refinnej said...

Christmas tree ornament, or a frisbee for people with really small hands...

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