The Haus

Saturday, September 22, 2001

No King of Pop for You! -- 2:41 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Our very own Wraith pointed me to this site which claims that Michael Jackson's new CD single has technology that keeps it from being played in a CD-ROM drive. Apparently the recording industry feels it hasn't ripped off customers enough. Now it comes up with an unplayable CD! Of course, I can't stand Michael Jackson (although Alien Ant Farm's cover of Smooth Criminal is pretty cool) so this won't affect me immediately. The Master, however, will be heartbroken :)

UPDATE! Heh. I'm hearing reports that the single is already showing up on popular file-sharing systems. So much for copy protection. Maybe if they sell CDs cheaper with fewer crappy songs people would buy more. Nah, that makes too much sense.

The Master comments: Ummm... I have NO (read: negative 10 bazillion) use for The Jackson. He is way too odd for me. Blech. Even being accused of this in JEST is a mortal insult. I need to wash now or something.

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