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Philips Says Compact Discs Can't be Copyprotected

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the voice-of-reason dept.

Tomcat666 writes "tecChannel has a story about Philips, the holder of the most CD digital audio (CD-DA) patents. Apparently, they don't like the audio CD copy protection many record companies want to enforce in the future. They break the CD-DA standard and therefore are not allowed to use the logo. As a conclusion, Philips' next audio CD copier will be able to detect and probably circumvent the copy protection of audio CDs." This article is Auf Deutsch but the fish does a tolerable job of making it sane for those who can't remember the proper gender of all their nouns.

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  1. It's nice to see... by wo1verin3 · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    big business supporting the little guys.

    Regardless of copyright, would they not be in violation of copyright for producing a device that bypasses a circumvention method?

    DMCA seems to be more important then other laws, such as fair use lately.

    I wonder if Phillips is prepared to fight against the DMCA, that would be a huge boost in the fight.
    If they do, my next cd-rom will be phillips.

  2. Re:Yes! Phillips rocks. by Count · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Get a Apex AD-500w at your local walmart for $99 ..then go to http://www.apexmodchip.com/order.html and oder you a mod chip for $20 bucks and your set. Unless you mean a DVD player for your pc.