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AND NOW, IN TECHNICOLOR: This is perhaps more like what the American industry should be doing - instead of worrying about kids swapping Sleater Kinney tracks over 56k modems, they're now actually looking at doing something about industrial pirating. Unfortuantely, the first major target is... bing! respected music industry company Technicolor. Nothing has been proven yet, but the company are appearing to be about as keen at having their books pored through as a sixteen year old who's got a hidden porn stash.
Meanwhile, although the Natalie Imruglia copy protection hasn't bothered more than the two dozen or so people who've actually bought White Lillies Island, a larger test case is looming. It appears that sliding a copy of Celine Dion's new album into your PC's CD tray will cause your computer to clutch its buttocks and freeze in horror. So far, not unlike the usual reaction on hearing a Celine Album start up. But this is a full-on crash. As we've previously discussed, Philips won't allow anything that breaches the standards set down for the format to pass itself off as a Compact Disc, which means that not only has Celine produced a record that has dubious status as music, but also a CD that isn't a CD at all. Surely there must be someone who'd like to claim their money back from the label?