Labels Trying New CD Copy Prevention Systems

bAdministrator writes "What if a CD copy-protection system was developed, which did not compromise sound quality nor cause compatibility problems, and still allowed for your 'rights' to make a limited amount of personal copies (*.DRM)? UK-based company First 4 Internet (F4i) claims to have pulled this off with their 'eXtended Copy Protection' (XCP) system; 'The disc will present itself as a CD-ROM to PCs, a Mac CD-ROM to Mac computers, a VCD to DVD players and CDDA disc to audio CD players. This multifunctional disc format offers full playability and therefore greater flexibility without lowering protection levels.' and 'By using a range of methodologies, including the construction of multiple protection layers, limiting the player accessibility to the provided player software, and encapsulating the red book audio content, XCP® successfully protects the content from unauthorised copying.'"

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And on a Linux PC

[Anonymous Coward]

It presents itself as a broken CD.

Okay....

[dfenstrate]

So, who's gonna post the crack?

copy protection that works

[kajoob]

I have a feeling that this will finally be the copy protection scheme that works because this morning the RIAA stopped by my house and removed the shift key from my keyboard.

Re:copy protection that works

[Nighttime]

Ah but, did they remove both Shift keys?

Re:Err...bollocks

[ibbey]

Of course if the sound card is DRM enabled, it will hear the sub-audible "watermark" in the audio & not record the audio. And of course Soldering irons will have been banned by the DMCA, so you'll already be in prison for you first act.