For the last several months, consumers in ordinary record stores around the world have unwittingly been buying CDs that include technology designed to discourage them from making copies on their PCs.
NEW YORK – Burning and downloading songs may soon be an activity of the past, as copy-protected CDs begin to hit the market. Last month, More Fast and Furious: Songs From and Inspired by the Motion ...
Dallas, Texas February 24, 2005 — Contrary to widely held industry beliefs, U.S. consumers are not overwhelmingly antagonistic toward the concept of copy-restricted music CDs, provided these CDs come ...
Q: Possibly you could shed some light on this issue. I was reading about Sony CDs containing software that is automatically installed on your computer that disables the ability to copy music CDs. How ...
If music is among your gift-giving ideas this holiday, beware of the danger still lurking on some store shelves. Compact discs containing software that some have called spyware still can be found at ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new kind of copy-protected music CD will likely hit U.S. shelves early next year, as record ...
The five major record companies have been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that new CDs designed to thwart Napster-style piracy are defective and should either be barred from sale or carry ...
Music company Sony BMG, yielding to consumer concern, said on Wednesday it was recalling music CDs containing copy-protection software that acts like virus software and hides deep inside a computer.
The music industry is having to rethink its drive towards copy-protecting music CDs, following people-power protests and probing questions from US politicians. BMG in Europe had launched two of its ...
The technology built into some CDs to stop people copying them is futile, according to a computer scientist who has put today’s antipiracy systems under the microscope. He believes the continual ...
Like the title says. I've got a CD, and a CD burner. I want to copy the CD. I don't want to import the music in iTunes and burn from there, as the CD won't be recognized as the original (in song title ...