FC: Roxio "Toast" CD burning software may limit copying

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

Background on the Toast software:
http://www.creativepro.com/software/news/1345.html

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Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:20:07 -0400
Subject: Fwd: [X Newbies] Copywrite protection now in CD recording software
From: Arthur Amolsch <aamolsch@shentel.net>
To: declan@well.com

You may wan to share this with Politechers.

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>Date: Thu Jul 11, 2002  11:07:32  AM US/Eastern
>To: <X-Newbies@lists.themacintoshguy.com> (Mac OS X Newbies)
>Subject: [X Newbies] Copywrite protection now in CD recording software
>Reply-To: <X-Newbies@lists.themacintoshguy.com> ( Mac OS X Newbies)
>
>Just thought everyone might like to know that the latest update of Toast
>(5.1.4) has this paragraph buried in the licensing agreement. I would
>assume that this is present in the PC program EZ CD Creator as well:
>
>Just a few days ago, I retrieved the v5.1.4 update for Roxio's Toast CD
>mastering software. And was stunned to discovered the following verbiage
>placed within the license agreement's "RESTRICTIONS" section.
>
>
>Content providers are using the digital rights management technology
>("DRM") contained in this Software to protect the integrity of their
>content ("Secure Content") so that their intellectual property,
>including copyright, in such content is not misappropriated. Owners of
>such Secure Content ("Secure Content Owners") may, from time to time,
>request Roxio or its suppliers to provide security related updates to
>the DRM components of the Software ("Security Updates") that may affect
>your ability to copy, display and/or play Secure Content through the
>Software or other applications that utilize the Software. You therefore
>agree that, if you elect to download a license from the Internet which
>enables your use of Secure Content, Roxio or its suppliers may, in
>conjunction with such license, also download onto your computer such
>Security Updates that a Secure Content Owner has requested that Roxio or
>its suppliers distribute. Roxio and its suppliers will not retrieve any
>personally identifiable information, or any other information, from your
>computer by downloading such Security Updates.
>
>Note that these statements are nestled in the midst of a longer
>paragraph containing the usual stuff about not reverse engineering the
>software, with copy not directly related to these statements preceding
>and following these statements. Almost as if Roxio hoped that this
>language would not be noticed.
>
>This is apparently is why many people are having problems copying audio
>CD's with the latest updates.
>
>David Crandon
>
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