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Sony's New Nagging Copy Protection

Posted by Zonk on from the annoying-your-customers dept.

bort27 writes "You can put away your Sharpies, because Sony has launched a new CD copy protection scheme that is actually designed to be easily cracked: 'The copy-protection technology is...far from ironclad. Apple Macintosh users currently face no restrictions at all. What's more, if users go to a Web site to complain about the lack of iPod compatibility, Sony BMG will send them an email with a back door measure on how to work around the copy protection.'"

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  1. Re:Interesting... by karnal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Exactly.

    Here's a portion I found interesting:

    ""This technology is a speed bump. It's trying to dissuade the average consumer from making as many copies as they like," said First4Internet Chief Executive Mathew Gilliat-Smith.

    "You're not going to stop tracks getting on P2P sites," he added. "It's designed to stop casual piracy ... It's not saying you'll stop people from doing it, but it makes people stop and think.""

    Now.... how much of "piracy" is schoolyard piracy? I would bet it's a slim amount. Why would anyone be interested in just making it a little difficult to get to the music (security through obscurity?)

    Not that I want to have a CD with protection so fierce that I can't put it on my home media server, but if you're gonna do DRM right, do it right and not half-assed.

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    Karnal