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"The music industry is now testing different copy protection systems on mass market chart CDs, with copies of NSync's Celebrity on the Zomba label being sold in at least three different versions." http://www.newscientist.com/news/news...
BMG Backs Down Over Copy-Protected CDSave
Virgin Megastores has responded to a complaint from one of their customers and said that BMG has set up a helpline to allow people who bought the corrupt version, to exchange it for a real one. Virgin and HMV will also be bringing in new stock of uncorrupted CDs. [Slashdot] http://slashdot.org/yro/01/11/18/0457...
Big Five Labels Sued Over Copy-Protected CDsSave
"Heightening the tension surrounding the music industry's efforts to guard its content in the digital realm, the five major record labels were hit with a class action lawsuit last week for producing and distributing CDs with copyright protection controls." By Scarlet Pruitt. [IDG] http://www.itworld.com/Man/2683/02061...
Consumer Claims Victory in CD LawsuitSave
"Makers of a recording by country-pop singer Charley Pride have agreed to stop tracking most listener habits and to warn consumers that the CD is not compatible with MP3 and other players, according to attorneys for a woman who sued the companies." By Lisa Bowman. [CNet] http://news.com.com/2100-1023-843114....
Copy-Protected CDs a Nightmare for BMG GermanySave
"Blaming a falloff in CD sales on the popularity of CD burners, BMG Germany recently issued approximately 100,000 copy-protected discs in an attempt to thwart the problem--and had to take a substantial portion of them back because consumers said the discs wouldn't perform in car players and in some home audio systems." By Barry Willis. [Stereophile] http://www.stereophile.com/shownews.c...
New Scientist CorrectionSave
Retraction of article saying Cactus DataShield could damage speakers. "Midbar... has asked us to make clear that there is nothing in its technology on the market, past, current or future, that could, or would, be potentially damaging to equipment." http://www.newscientist.com/news/news...
Philips: Don't Mess with the CD!Save
"According to Philips, recent attempts to add playback restriction technology to new releases is not just a bad idea: Because the Red Book recipe has been altered, the discs no longer qualify as CDs and should be labeled clearly." By Jon Iverson. [Stereophile] http://www.stereophile.com/shownews.c...
Philips Burning on ProtectionSave
"Officials for Netherlands-based Philips, which licenses the compact disc logo for both discs and players, went on a tirade against the recording industry for shipping discs with deliberate errors burned into them." By Paul Boutin. [Wired] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,...
Record Labels BewareSave
Study suggests that, if the music industry wants to experiment with selling copy-protected CDs, "there [must] be mandatory warning labels on the CDs or the industry risks seriously alienating consumers." By Jon Iverson. [Stereophile] http://www.stereophile.com/shownews.c...
Selling the BenefitsSave
"If DVD-A and/or SACD are to supplant CD, not only do their features have to be transformed into benefits, but the benefits consumers currently enjoy with CD need to be preserved." By John Atkinson. [Stereophile] http://www.stereophile.com/showarchiv...
Slashdot: BMG's New Copy-Protected Audio CDsSave
"BMG-Entertainment started selling audio-CDs using the Cactus Data Shield, a copy-protection system developed by Midbar and Sonopress which makes it impossible to grab the music from the CD and to listen to it using 'an old CD-Player' or a CD-ROM-drive." News and reader comments. http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/25...