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.'"

Comments

Cool

[Lanzaa]

This sounds like something that will take a while to hack. But once it is hacked we will have a new open format that can work like a cd-rom audio and stuff. Also we will have a cool new protection system.

Re:they always claim that

[Bitmanhome]

You can indeed do whatever you want with the slug of plastic you purchased. But you have no right to copy the music; that right is owned by someone else. These technologies simply bring common practice into sync with the law.