5 AU$ for a CD copy using machine in stores - P2P-Zone

snowman · 03-04-02, 03:20 PM

Check this out. For 5 bucks, AU money that is, you can go to your corner store and duplicate a CD. Wonder if these things will pop up at 7/11 stores in the good old USA? Now that ought to start a law suit in 10 minutes. Had to happen though I supose.

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http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au...5E2682,00.html

Copying CDs as easy ABCD
By Police Reporter MICHAEL DUFFY
03apr02

NEW machines installed in Adelaide convenience stores make the illegal copying of the latest CDs and computer software – which costs artists and software designers millions of dollars – as easy as buying a loaf of bread.

The stores have begun installing coin-operated CD duplication machines fitted with software to circumvent anti-copying measures built into some CDs.
The Copy Cat CD Duplication machines charge just $5, plus the purchase of a $2 blank disk, to make digitally identical copies of CDs in under 10 minutes.

The machines are already in a number of city convenience stores, as well as printing and copying shops. Sales of home CD copying machines, known as burners, also are booming, with one city store selling more than 100 a month.

(... more at the newspaper site ....)

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au...5E2682,00.html

goldie · 03-04-02, 03:43 PM

Gawd, the big bad wolf's gonna jump on this quicker than a fly can find a pile of dookie!!

....................can't stop laughing!

snowman · 03-04-02, 05:01 PM

The more I think of this whoever put this unit together had to have ..... for brains.

Are there not copyrights in Australia?

TankGirl · 03-04-02, 05:18 PM

What's the big deal? Anybody with a PC, burner and CloneCD (or some other similar software) can make raw data copies of CDs at their home. Providing that same possibility to people in convenience stores for a reasonable price is just good service.

- tg

HAL9000 · 03-04-02, 08:30 PM

If it didn't copy right. where can I get refund?

snowman · 03-04-02, 08:41 PM

How would you know till you tried the CD....

JackSpratts · 03-04-02, 11:16 PM

not to worry riaa, everyone's going to use them to make copies of their personal digital photo cd's instead of having to go all the way to the photo shop at the mall. just use these guys on the corner for conveinience and c'mon, if the occasional music cd "falls into" a duplicator once in a while where's the harm? heh. five bucks is a bit steep tho, but so were those coin op xeroxes when they first appeared.

- js.

twinspan · 04-04-02, 03:48 AM

you might think they're gonna get jumped on for this, but legally I don't see the difference between your cornershop having a CD-copier and it having a photo-copier (and no-one's managed to get those outlawed).

03-04-02, 03:20 PM	#1
snowman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 56	5 AU$ for a CD copy using machine in stores Check this out. For 5 bucks, AU money that is, you can go to your corner store and duplicate a CD. Wonder if these things will pop up at 7/11 stores in the good old USA? Now that ought to start a law suit in 10 minutes. Had to happen though I supose. ****** http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au...5E2682,00.html Copying CDs as easy ABCD By Police Reporter MICHAEL DUFFY 03apr02 NEW machines installed in Adelaide convenience stores make the illegal copying of the latest CDs and computer software – which costs artists and software designers millions of dollars – as easy as buying a loaf of bread. The stores have begun installing coin-operated CD duplication machines fitted with software to circumvent anti-copying measures built into some CDs. The Copy Cat CD Duplication machines charge just $5, plus the purchase of a $2 blank disk, to make digitally identical copies of CDs in under 10 minutes. The machines are already in a number of city convenience stores, as well as printing and copying shops. Sales of home CD copying machines, known as burners, also are booming, with one city store selling more than 100 a month. (... more at the newspaper site ....) http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au...5E2682,00.html __________________ snow man

03-04-02, 03:43 PM	#2
goldie yea, it's me. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: usa Posts: 2,093	I don't know why but this struck as hilarious! Gawd, the big bad wolf's gonna jump on this quicker than a fly can find a pile of dookie!! ....................can't stop laughing!

03-04-02, 05:01 PM	#3
snowman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 56	is this not obviously wrong or what! The more I think of this whoever put this unit together had to have ..... for brains. Are there not copyrights in Australia? __________________ snow man

03-04-02, 08:41 PM	#6
snowman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 56	good question How would you know till you tried the CD.... __________________ snow man

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03-04-02, 05:18 PM	#4
TankGirl Madame Comrade Join Date: May 2000 Location: Area 25 Posts: 5,587	What's the big deal? Anybody with a PC, burner and CloneCD (or some other similar software) can make raw data copies of CDs at their home. Providing that same possibility to people in convenience stores for a reasonable price is just good service. - tg

03-04-02, 08:30 PM	#5
HAL9000 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: ? Posts: 347	If it didn't copy right. where can I get refund?

03-04-02, 11:16 PM	#7
JackSpratts Join Date: May 2001 Location: New England Posts: 10,017	not to worry riaa, everyone's going to use them to make copies of their personal digital photo cd's instead of having to go all the way to the photo shop at the mall. just use these guys on the corner for conveinience and c'mon, if the occasional music cd "falls into" a duplicator once in a while where's the harm? heh. five bucks is a bit steep tho, but so were those coin op xeroxes when they first appeared. - js.

04-04-02, 03:48 AM	#8
twinspan - a rascal - Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: for security reasons, never the same as the President's Posts: 759	you might think they're gonna get jumped on for this, but legally I don't see the difference between your cornershop having a CD-copier and it having a photo-copier (and no-one's managed to get those outlawed).