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MO fan Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Feb. 27 2005, 10:52 Well I have been away from the forum for a long time, due to being hacked off with Mikes last album having copy protection. I have never bought a copy protected CD since returning it to the store. Anyway, with the new album due out in the near future, has Mike and his financial record company decided on whether they will go down the Copy Protection route again or not ? Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Feb. 27 2005, 12:00 IMHO, such practices make the CD much less useful to the buyer, discouraging sales and encouraging interested potential listeners to download "illicit" files from Kazaa instead of buying the CD. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Spinne Group: Members Posts: 397 Joined: May 2003 Posted: Feb. 27 2005, 14:17 It seems that Mike finally accepted all our complaints about copy protection and said some time ago that the new album won't include copy protection software but... who knows if he has made up his mind again about it. And probably the inclusion of this software in the CD will be more something related to Warner than to Oldfield himself. Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Feb. 27 2005, 16:40 From the way he made it sound, on TB2003 it was something that they consulted Mike about, rather than just put there without asking him. Whether they will consult him a second time is another matter of course, but it does seem that if he has any say, it'll be without copy protection. I think they'd be silly to ignore it as a factor in Tubular Bells 2003's disappointing sales (though knowing record companies, they'll porobably blame that on piracy too and release his next album etched onto on a stone tablet that nobody can play). There are of course many reasons why it charted lower than any other of the Tubular Bells albums (in the UK, number 50 as opposed to 3 for TB 3, and number 1 for TB 1 and 2), and why it disappeared out of the charts so quickly, but I'd imagine that the copy protection issue can't have helped. Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: Feb. 28 2005, 06:23 I hope not, as I have  both a Marantz and an Arcam CD player. The Marantz plays certain CD's so far then comes up error in the display.  These CD's I have subsequently found out have CP.  T think the CP on TB2003 contributed to it's low sales     . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

RICHARDGORMLIE1 Unregistered Posted: Mar. 31 2005, 10:49 tubular bells 2003 spent 1 week in the scottish charts, warner music promote every other artist apart from mike oldfield.  it is a shame the way mike is getting treated by wea records.     Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Mar. 31 2005, 13:15 Warner Music is a United States label. However ,they make Oldfield CD's easy to get everywhere BUT in the United States. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

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