31-08-2023, 04:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 31-08-2023, 04:52 PM by Mike Watterson.)
SonicStage and OpenMG Jukebox were horrible. I'm sure the version of NetMD SW I had would only read direct from CD to MD and didn't allow HDD files of any type to be recorded. You'd have to use the Analogue audio in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SonicStage
Even the proprietary Flash card on the Sony Digital 8 uses the evil OpenMG DRM system (MG = Magic Gate). Being a Media as well as HW company crippled Sony, culminating in the CD root kit fiasco (avoided if you had no Auto Run, which was the stupidest thing MS put in Win95),
Sony OpenMG DRM used on many Sony Products: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SonicStage
Even the proprietary Flash card on the Sony Digital 8 uses the evil OpenMG DRM system (MG = Magic Gate). Being a Media as well as HW company crippled Sony, culminating in the CD root kit fiasco (avoided if you had no Auto Run, which was the stupidest thing MS put in Win95),
Sony OpenMG DRM used on many Sony Products: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMG
Quote:Side effects include user complaints of being locked out of their own original recordings, unable to transfer them to the computer.
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A Wall Street Journal article that reviewed the Sony VAIO Music Clip player in 2000 noted that the OpenMG and MagicGate technologies "treats users like criminals"
