Recording Industry Hopes To Hinder CD Burning

Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 2, 2004 @02:33AM from the technical-details-not dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "News.com reports that the recording industry is currently testing technology that would limit the number of times that a given CD (or copies of that CD) could be burned. The idea is to let consumers 'make a limited number of copies of their music -- enough for a car, a vacation home and a friend, for example -- without allowing for uncontrolled duplication.' Currently, Macrovision and SunnComm International are developing competing versions of such 'secure burning' technology, with BMG Music Group already testing the latter company's software."

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wake up RIAA by millahtime · 2004-06-02 02:37 · Score: 0, Redundant

the RIAA and recording industry needs to wake up. People know how to get past the protections. There will be softwares written to do it.

They need to learn to except whats going on and change their business model.

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Re:Oh please, come up with a new idea for once! by LocalH · 2004-06-02 04:27 · Score: 0, Redundant

It'd be cracked within a week of release.

Maybe not publically released, but it WILL be cracked.

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