Sony Music Testing New Copy Protection

RandyOo writes "According to this Reuters article, Sony Music is about to start testing a new type of 'copy protection' in Germany. It looks like they'll be releasing multi-sessioned discs with normal audio in the first session, and compressed, DRM'ed music files in the second session, as well added 'extras', including access to exclusive online content. The article explains that the disc's audio can still be copied, and there's a hilarious quote at the end by a BMG spokesman: "All copy-protections can be hacked, but if (we) give people what they are asking for in terms of value, they won't go out and steal it. It's called trusting the consumer." "

Comments

No MP3/ogg = No Sale

[WuphonsReach]

At this point, I've ripped all of my CDs to MP3 (maybe ogg later)... I have an MP3 CD player in my car, 2 or 3 portable MP3 players.

So... unless I can rip new music CDs to mp3, I'll not be buying any new music (got lots already).