Post by MoorOn Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:42:25 -0000, "Chris Brown"
Post by Chris BrownIt's probably just localised decision-making
I think chart rules play a big part in this decision, too
In the single releases, yes, but not where the copy-control is concerned.
Post by MoorPost by Chris BrownThe only copy-protected commercial EMI CDs I've spotted over here are
compilations of previously released tracks (which also seems quite
pointless); of course they also do it for the advance copies and they seem
to send copy-protected ones to libraries as well.
Sorry, are you from UK ? : )
Yes. Possibly I should have spelt that out.
Post by MoorI spotted some CP cds in London, last year. Maybe they were imports
^_^;;;
You may well be right - I haven't exactly been looking for them - but all
the ones I remember seeing were compilations from the likes of Talk Talk,
Jethro Tull and even the Shadows: talk about closing the stable door after
the horse has bolted.
Post by MoorPost by Chris BrownActually, although I think the principle of Copy Control isn't a terribly
wise one, it doesn't really bother me personally.
I can't stand it ! : )
Maybe cos I buy every cd available that I want (see Coldplay...) and
CP breaks the relationship between the label and the buyer... you
don't have to protect yoyrself by me, who actually buys your cds
^_^;;; And I'm definitely not burning them to sell them or to give
them to friends ^_^;;;
Well that's the thing for me though. Of course this is subject to change in
the future, but at the moment I'm content to play CDs on my CD player, so it
doesn't particularly affect me that I can't copy them.
Post by MoorWhat really annoyed me so much, last year, was the CP logo in X&Y
cover ! Why don't you put it back ? or use a sticker !
I think that's something that's been forced on them actually - because of
customer resistance to the software they feel obliged to make it very clear
when CDs have the protection on them, so that people can't complain that
they didn't know when they bought them.
Post by MoorI know this is very silly, but I really couldn't stand that look ! The
cover is so great and you destroy the whole concept using a green and
big logo ? C'mon ! This is couldn't-care-less attitude at the very
worst (or best) ! And it doesn't even take too much care to think
about it ! I know you know you're gonna sell billions Coldplay cds
even without a cover or artwork or packaging, even if Chirs'd yodel 70
mins...
I have to say, on an opinionated point, that I'm not hugely fond of the X&Y
artwork anyway. Not that there's anything actually wrong with it and the
overall packaging of the vinyl version is very well presented. But I'd
hardly count it among the classics.
Post by MoorI know piracy is so bad and it's illegal ad it's not right towards the
band, that worked so hard to make the record. But Copy-protection
won't stop piracy.
It certainly won't. And given the international nature of the Internet, it
especially won't help to put it on in Australia if there are unprotected
versions in Europe, for example.
Post by MoorPost by Chris BrownIf you have the appropriate technology, it has appeared on 7" and download
too.
I don't have a record player ! ^_^;;;
I'd recommend them.
Post by MoorAnd I don't wanna download a mp3
! Why not giving people what they are asking for (and what they would
pay for) ? ^_^;;;
Just like Gravity... what's the meaning of that 2 track cd ? So many
people was waiting for that track ! Add that Europe does not have that
strict UK chart rules... I think the Australian format cointained the
3 tracks...
Actually, there's nothing in UK chart rules that would have precluded them
from releasing 'Talk' on a three-track CD. They'd probably have charged an
extra pound for it, but it would have been permissible. My guess is that
either they wanted people who bought the CD to buy one of the other two
formats as well, or wanted people who insisted on having 'Talk' on CD to get
the album instead. Sharp practice, perhaps, but that's business for you.
To be controversial for a moment here, I don't really think 'Gravity' is all
that much of a loss anyway - I wasn't bowled over by Embrace's version and
if anything I like the Coldplay one less, not least because it's so long.
Mind you, I never got round to buying the CD single anyway.
Chris