It's fabulous to steal music!
It's obvious that society has gotten to the point where it completely DGAF about respecting copyrights and paying for music when Cosmo publishes an article teaching girls how to pirate music.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm no stickler for copyrights or anything -- in fact, I think I just violated them by copying the above verbatim -- but a mainstream magazine telling girls how to circumvent DRM by burning tracks to a CD, ripping it, and copying the digitized goods to your own MP3 player? That's kind of funny. Kinda like if one were to say, I don't know, "Shameless Money-Making Trick: Don't pay for Cosmo! Ask your friends to scan their copy and send it to you as a PDF."
In all fairness, maybe I'm being too harsh. After all, the popular women's magazine does put a lot of their content online for free. But they choose to, and the recording industry choses to DRM their songs. It'd be like Cosmo password protecting their site and the recording industry saying "Don't pay for a subscription. Ask your friend for their password." Something kind of seems wrong about that.
Besides, if Cosmo is telling all the girls out there how to be fabulous pirate wenches, how am I supposed to continue feeling mischievous when I do all of my digital thieving ninja-style? Oh, you can circumvent DRM? Pfft. Any twelve year old girl can do that! They're taking all the fun out of it.
Um, yes, that would be illegal.YOUR FABULOUS LIFE
Shameless Money-Saving Trick
Having new tunes is ideal, but shelling out the cash to buy said music hurts. Call up friends, and ask them to burn you a CD of songs they think you'll like. Tell them you'll do the same. Once you swap, you can upload the CD onto your computer and add it to your MP3 player.
Scan of original
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm no stickler for copyrights or anything -- in fact, I think I just violated them by copying the above verbatim -- but a mainstream magazine telling girls how to circumvent DRM by burning tracks to a CD, ripping it, and copying the digitized goods to your own MP3 player? That's kind of funny. Kinda like if one were to say, I don't know, "Shameless Money-Making Trick: Don't pay for Cosmo! Ask your friends to scan their copy and send it to you as a PDF."
In all fairness, maybe I'm being too harsh. After all, the popular women's magazine does put a lot of their content online for free. But they choose to, and the recording industry choses to DRM their songs. It'd be like Cosmo password protecting their site and the recording industry saying "Don't pay for a subscription. Ask your friend for their password." Something kind of seems wrong about that.
Besides, if Cosmo is telling all the girls out there how to be fabulous pirate wenches, how am I supposed to continue feeling mischievous when I do all of my digital thieving ninja-style? Oh, you can circumvent DRM? Pfft. Any twelve year old girl can do that! They're taking all the fun out of it.
Labels: copyrights, DRM
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