Sony arms CDs with copy-protection scheme

[Evi]

BEIJING, June 1 -- Sony has started shipping compact discs armed with copy-protection technology provided by the UK-based anti-piracy specialist First4Internet.

    The new technology will reportedly enable users to make only a limited number of copies of a protected CD, putting a stop to the so-called "casual piracy," in which case CD purchasers make copies of discs to pass on to friends.

    "The casual piracy, the school yard piracy, is a huge issue for us. Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs, which is why making the CD a secure format is of the utmost importance," said Thomas Hesse, Sony\'s chief of global digital business.

    Sony already has shipped about 2 million CDs protected by First4Internet\'s XCP technology, which allows users to make copies of CDs for personal use, including transfers to personal mobile devices.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/01/content_3029002.htm


Hmmm...

Couldn\'t you just make a copy of the CD, and then use the copied CD to make endless other copies?

[Living-In-Clip]

That CD would contain the copy right protection also. This has been done before, with different schemes and someone always finds a way around it.

[Paul2]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
That CD would contain the copy right protection also. This has been done before, with different schemes and someone always finds a way around it.

like the rarest time that i actually agree with you there.

[Evi]

Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
That CD would contain the copy right protection also. This has been done before, with different schemes and someone always finds a way around it.

I didn\'t mean making a direct copy. I meant like...ripping the songs and burning them, and then using the burned disc to make copies...erm...something. I know that when you make a direct copy, the same information gets burned into the copied disc. I dunno.

But I agree...people always find a way around this shiz.

Right. It\'s inevitable that somebody will figure out a loophole.

The question being.. how popular will that loophole be? If casual PC/Mac users don\'t know about it (and I\'m sure MS or another major player won\'t release the workaround) then it\'s taboo. Like BitTorrent.

[videoholic]

IT\'s the honest people of the world that these things hit.  It\'s like protection for games.  Keygens, etc.  It\'s ludicrously easy to bypass yet the honest people have to deal with them.  Ever have a game where you lost the cover with the CD Key on it?  Well now you\'re screwed if you ever want to reinstall it.  Except for of course the "pirates" of the world who just download a keygen.

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StarForce has been the only copy protection thats screwed pirates atm. I mean, i had to go out a buy Splintercell CT

the music industry is the most retarted to use a media format that is over 25 year old.

If they woulda jump into the MP3&internet techonology 15 years ago, maybe they wouldnt look so retarded now.

[videoholic]

I agree.  I don\'t see itunes hurting.

itunes hurts my ears :P

Gimme uncompressed or lossless packing

/elitist prick

[videoholic]

Well it\'s true though.  You listen to Itunes downloads on a home theater and it sounds like poop.  

I just started buying DVD Audio DVDs and i have to say that if people listen to 96 bit shit they will give the finger to their little iPod.

[Living-In-Clip]

Originally posted by videoholic
Well it\'s true though.  You listen to Itunes downloads on a home theater and it sounds like poop.  

I just started buying DVD Audio DVDs and i have to say that if people listen to 96 bit shit they will give the finger to their little iPod.

That\'s fine and dandy, until you realize that there isn\'t enough DVD-Audio discs to create a true market.