IP: New CDs designed to end 'ripping.' (featuring MS Media formats)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:55:42 -0500
> From: John Lyon <jelyon () jelyon com>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.388)
>
> Just saw this on ZDNet, and thought it might be of interest to IPers:
>
> New CDs designed to end 'ripping'
>
> By John Borland
> Special to ZDNet
> September 28, 2001 4:46 AM PT
>
> Anti-piracy features making their way onto CDs promise to dramatically 
> alter the online music landscape, potentially handing Microsoft a potent 
> weapon against the leading MP3 format and other rivals in the high-stakes 
> battle over digital-audio standards.
>
> The record industry is experimenting with a new strategy for protecting 
> CDs from being copied in CD burners or on computers. Unlike previous 
> anti-copying measures, this plan will place two versions of an album on a 
> single disc: one in standard CD form, modified so that it can't be 
> transferred to a computer hard drive, and another in Microsoft's Windows 
> Media Audio digital format, rigged so that files can be copied to a PC, 
> but with some restrictions on how they can be used.
>
> Full article avail. at:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2815388,00.html?chkpt=zdnnt092801ts



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