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N.Y. Times Op-Ed: CD Copy-Protection is Bad for Consumers, Musicians, Labels

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 9, 2005 - 4:13am.
New York - The New York Times this week published an op-ed piece written by Damian Kulash, Jr., the lead singer for the U.K. band OK Go, on the Sony BMG copy-protected CD debacle and how such anti-piracy technology is actually hurting up-and-coming bands like his. "Sony BMG and the other major labels need to face reality: copy-protection software is bad for everyone, consumers, musicians and labels alike," writes Kulash. "It's much better to have copies of albums on lots of iPods, even if only half of them have been paid for, than to have a few CD's sitting on a shelf and not being played."
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