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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. Send us your email address...please by medix1 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Soney will send you a "crack" for the copy protection, but first you must send tham an email complaining about it. The Question is, what are they going to do with that email address? Will they start trying to go after those addresses for copyright infringement?

  2. Other well know Copy-Prevention systems by anandpur · · Score: 0, Redundant


    http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52665, 00.html
    http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/