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The Lounge at the End of the Universe => Gallimaufry => Topic started by: DKT on October 21, 2008, 04:22:41 PM

Title: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: DKT on October 21, 2008, 04:22:41 PM: It's an all audio novella collection (http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1141070075.1224605539@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccdadefhijgllfcefecekjdffidfjo.0&productID=BK_ADBL_000570) that John Scalzi, Elizabeth Bear (I guess Anarkey's in), Jay Lake, Tobias Buckell, and Karl Schroeder each contributed to. The stories are told in a shared universe.

I'm curious enough. And I think it's pretty cool that the stories are all audio. The only catch for me is that I'm pretty sure Audible still uses DRM, which is a bummer.
Title: Re: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: Heradel on October 21, 2008, 04:28:22 PM: Quote from: DKT on October 21, 2008, 04:22:41 PM
[...] I'm pretty sure Audible still uses DRM, which is a bummer.

They do, and it is.
Title: Re: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: Russell Nash on October 21, 2008, 04:49:17 PM: I used up my audible freebie and I have far too much in my backlog to justify spending money on something new.
Title: Re: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: wintermute on October 21, 2008, 05:08:20 PM: Yup. DRM means I don't get to listen to it, for both moral and technical reasons. And, yes, it's easy enough to crack the DRM (they even tell you how to do it (http://audible.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/audible.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1979&p_created=1103134680&p_sid=f3bedVgj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yNzYsMjc2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1)), so maybe "technical reasons" is a euphemism for "laziness"...
Title: Re: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: Russell Nash on October 21, 2008, 06:06:55 PM: Quote from: wintermute on October 21, 2008, 05:08:20 PM
Yup. DRM means I don't get to listen to it, for both moral and technical reasons. And, yes, it's easy enough to crack the DRM (they even tell you how to do it (http://audible.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/audible.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1979&p_created=1103134680&p_sid=f3bedVgj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yNzYsMjc2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1)), so maybe "technical reasons" is a euphemism for "laziness"...

Has anyone tried burning to CD and then re-importing it to iTunes? I only have one audible book and I'd like to be able to save it without having to remember how to "free it up" (couldn't think of the term) for whatever computer I may have down the road.
Title: Re: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: eytanz on October 21, 2008, 06:14:19 PM: Quote from: Russell Nash on October 21, 2008, 06:06:55 PM
Quote from: wintermute on October 21, 2008, 05:08:20 PM
Yup. DRM means I don't get to listen to it, for both moral and technical reasons. And, yes, it's easy enough to crack the DRM (they even tell you how to do it (http://audible.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/audible.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1979&p_created=1103134680&p_sid=f3bedVgj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yNzYsMjc2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1)), so maybe "technical reasons" is a euphemism for "laziness"...

Has anyone tried burning to CD and then re-importing it to iTunes? I only have one audible book and I'd like to be able to save it without having to remember how to "free it up" (couldn't think of the term) for whatever computer I may have down the road.

That would work, as the link in Wintermute's post suggests. It doesn't solve the problem, though, of paying for something with DRM, which sends the wrong message to Audible (i.e. that it's ok to keep using DRM since people will buy it).
Title: Re: Anyone Gonna Check Out Metatropolis?
Post by: Russell Nash on October 21, 2008, 06:28:32 PM: Quote from: eytanz on October 21, 2008, 06:14:19 PM
Quote from: Russell Nash on October 21, 2008, 06:06:55 PM
Quote from: wintermute on October 21, 2008, 05:08:20 PM
Yup. DRM means I don't get to listen to it, for both moral and technical reasons. And, yes, it's easy enough to crack the DRM (they even tell you how to do it (http://audible.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/audible.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1979&p_created=1103134680&p_sid=f3bedVgj&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPSZwX3NvcnRfYnk9JnBfZ3JpZHNvcnQ9JnBfcm93X2NudD0yNzYsMjc2JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9ubCZwX3BhZ2U9MQ**&p_li=&p_topview=1)), so maybe "technical reasons" is a euphemism for "laziness"...

Has anyone tried burning to CD and then re-importing it to iTunes? I only have one audible book and I'd like to be able to save it without having to remember how to "free it up" (couldn't think of the term) for whatever computer I may have down the road.

That would work, as the link in Wintermute's post suggests. It doesn't solve the problem, though, of paying for something with DRM, which sends the wrong message to Audible (i.e. that it's ok to keep using DRM since people will buy it).

In theory yes, but mine was free.