Sony (Columbia Records) copy protection

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Sony (Columbia Records) copy protection

I grow tired of waiting for Kate Bush's Aerial to show up on iTunes. I bought the two CD pak at Best Buy. I never connected Columbia with Sony, so I didn't give it a second thought. I launched iTunes on my Windows XP Professional (SP2), the import process continued without warning. No software was downloaded to my machine, so I thought I was golden. Until I looked and saw that every other song was 3K (or 739:00 minutes long in iTunes). I made several attempts to import the CDs all fail. However, I was able to import into iTunes on my iBook G4 without failure. All tracks converted flawlessly. Sony and Apple better get their act together or the next revolution will be televised... on an iPod.

iBook G4, Mac OS X (10.4.3), Dell2400 with iTunes failed.

Posted on Nov 15, 2005 4:27 PM

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Answer 1

toonz

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Nov 15, 2005 4:39 PM in response to jskelley714

Hmmm, that's odd. Usually if it's copy protected, Amazon says so right on the order page and it doesn't for this album and I don't think I saw it on the list of CDs that were tainted with the whole First 4 Internet rootkit thang.

Did you see a License Agreement when you put the CD in your system that you had to answer yes or no to? Does any kind of software automatically launch when you put the CD in your Windows machine? Have you successfully ripped other CDs in your Windows machine?

It could just be a problem with iTunes and something in your system configuration. This problem can also be caused by a variety of other system problems.

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Answer 2

Nov 15, 2005 7:18 PM in response to jskelley714

Kate Bush is on the EMI, not Sony, label.

For what it's worth, I successfully imported Aerial into iTunes without any problems.

The only "copy-protection" on the EMI Canada release of the record was the following notice on the back of the CD's booklet:

This recording and artwork are protected by copyright law. Using Internet services to distribute copyrighted music, giving away illegal copies of discs or lending discs to others for them to copy is illegal and does not support those involved in making this piece of music - including the artist. By carrying out any of these actions it has the same effect as stealing music. ...

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JPH

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Nov 17, 2005 11:15 PM in response to The Mimico Kid

Kid - you are partially right. Outside of the US, she is indeed on EMI. Here in the states though, Kate Bush has been on Columbia (a Sony-BMG label) for the better part of 2 decades. But regarding the CD version of Ariel, I bought it and had no problem importing it into my iTunes. It is not one of the copy-protected titles that is currently being recalled by Sony BMG.

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Answer 4

Nov 20, 2005 2:38 AM in response to JPH

Thanks for the clarification, JPH.

The music business can get confusing.

An honorary + vote for you.

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