# Coldplay DRM is Ridiculous

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coldplay-drm-is-ridiculous/174143
**Category:** random
**Created:** [January 3, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coldplay-drm-is-ridiculous/174143 "2006-01-03T06:38:32Z")
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### Author: ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coldplay-drm-is-ridiculous/174143/1 "2006-01-03T06:38:32Z")

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Coldplay’s latest album now comes with a DRM packet in the inside ( **so you can’t see it from the outside** ). It says this:

> [@DRM Note in Coldplay Album](#):
>
> Thank you very much for purchasing this CD and helping the cause of “Anti-Piracy.” The recordings in this CD have an anti-copying function. They cannot be copied into a PC. In order for you to enjoy high quality music, we have added this special technology.
> 
> Before using, please read the following:
> 
> [some other stuff I don’t feel like rewriting and I can’t find a place to copy from… blah blah blah… doesn’t work in these things:]  
> [list]  
> [_]Some CD players that have the capability of burning into an MP3 (such as portable players or car stereos).  
> [_]Some CD players that possess CD-R/RW functions (such as portable players or car stereos).  
> [_]Some car stereos with satellite “Guidance” systems  
> [_]Some CD players or car stereos with hard disk recording capacity  
> [_]Some CD-R/RW Recorders used for music  
> [_]Some portable CD players  
> [_]Some DVD players  
> [_]Some CD/LD Convertible Players  
> [_]Some Game Players  
> [_]Although you can use your PC’s Windows program to listen to certain tracks, this does not mean that the CD can be played in all PCs.  
> [_]The first time that this program is used (in Windows automatic starter software) it gets registered in Windows File. Thus, programs already registered to not affect Windows operations.  
> [_]Windows OS also uses the latest files.  
> [_]This CD does not support Macintosh PC software.  
> [_] **Except for manufacturing problems, we do not accept product exchange, return, or refund.**  
> [/list]

:lol: I love the last one.

I think it’s all over the P2P sites, now. 🙂

[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060102-5877.html](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060102-5877.html)