Peter Jacobs faces a daunting challenge: convincing millions of music fans that he's not a policeman. The 53-year-old former on-air radio personality heads Phoenix-based SunnComm, one of dozens of ...

Mac users may want to check the labels on their music CDs twice, as copy-protected audio discs flooding the market may lead to serious problems when they are played on some computer systems. Since ...

The prevention of unauthorized copying of software or media. From the 1950s to the 1980s, software copy protection was not an issue. Vendor support for mainframes and minicomputers had always been ...

According to the Gartner Group research firm, Sony BMG's recent controversial CD copy protection is not only a security risk, it's simple to defeat. Analysts wrote that they were able to make a ...

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.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced that it has been testing a digital rights management (DRM) system called “sterile burning” and has already released 10 CD titles — about 1 million discs — with ...

Boycotting such CDs is not a bad idea. I would write a letter to the label explaining why you won't be purchasing it as well. Failing that, I think you can black out the copy protection track (on the ...

An influential U.S. lawmaker stepped up his criticism Wednesday of record labels' moves to protect CDs against copying. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., approached the record industry's trade association in ...

Record company BMG said Friday that it planned to release its first copy-protected compact disc in the United States this month in an attempt to deter music pirates from churning out multiple copies ...

Music companies thinking of distributing copy-protected CDs to protect their content from piracy will likely raise the ire of consumers while lowering their revenue, a new study warns. According to a ...

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