Labels Trying New CD Copy Prevention Systems

Posted by michael on Saturday December 18, 2004 @08:04AM from the never-say-die dept.

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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Folks, it doesn't even need to be cracked! by haraldm · 2004-12-18 08:31 · Score: 0, Redundant

... as long as you are savvy enough to handle a CD player with an SPDIF output and a sound card with an SPDIF input.

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