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| Music in the News
Thursday 11 April 2002
Vocabulary from the world of music. Listen to and read the story then find explanations of difficult words below.
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Celine Dion's CD can crash computers
Summary: Buyers of Celine Dion's new album are being warned not to play the CD on their computer. The CD, embedded with copy protection technology, might force computers it is played in to crash.
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| | The News 
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| | | European versions of her CD, 'A New Day Has Come', carry warnings that it should not be played on PCs as it is embedded with copy protection technology. It is used to prevent songs being uploaded onto the internet.
The CD, which has entered the UK and US album charts at number one, is the first copy-protected release by music giant Sony. Some fans in Germany are reportedly complaining that the disc will not eject properly and that it is harming the computer's hardware.
A Sony spokeswoman told the Hollywood Reporter newspaper the CD would not corrupt computers, although it would cause it to crash and, as a result of that, might not eject properly. But some consumers are alarmed and say that record retailers are not making the distinction between normal and copy-protected CDs clear enough.
In September, a Californian woman sued a record company and technology firm, after she found out her new CD by country act Charley Pride contained a copy protection scheme that prevented it from being played in her PC.
'A New Day Has Come' is Dion's first studio album in five years, after she took time off to have her first baby.
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| | | is embedded with copy protection technology
has been made in such a way that it is impossible to make a copy of it
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| | | reportedly
as some people say/claim; according to some reports (the word is commonly used in news reporting)
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| | | eject
come out of the computer drive
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| | | hardware
the mechanical and electronic parts of a computer
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| | | corrupt
here - permanently damage
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| | | crash
if a computer crashes, it stops working. Usually you have to re-start the computer to make it work again
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| | | consumers are alarmed
here - people who buy CDs are worried
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| | | distinction
difference, contrast
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| | | country act
an artist or group performing country music, the type of music that originates from the traditional music of the southern and western USA
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| | | took time off
here - had a break in her performing career
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