Sony has taken what is believed to be the first measured step to control music piracy: Music CDs with anti-piracy technology developed by specialist First4Internet.
The Japanese electronics major announced that at least 10 commercial titles would be released immediately to test the technology that can help control ‘casual piracy’ (i.e. making multiple copies for friends; a.k.a. ‘schoolyard piracy’).
The new protected disc will allow consumers to make only a limited number of copies (perhaps three); and the user will not be able to make further copies from the copies. The concept is known as ‘sterile burning’. In this solution, tracks are ripped and burned from this original copy-protected CD on to a blank CD in Microsoft’s Windows Media Audio format. Thereafter, the DRM (Digital Rights Management technology) embedded on the disc bars will not allow the burned CDs from being copied.
The Japanese electronics major announced that at least 10 commercial titles would be released immediately to test the technology that can help control ‘casual piracy’ (i.e. making multiple copies for friends; a.k.a. ‘schoolyard piracy’).
The new protected disc will allow consumers to make only a limited number of copies (perhaps three); and the user will not be able to make further copies from the copies. The concept is known as ‘sterile burning’. In this solution, tracks are ripped and burned from this original copy-protected CD on to a blank CD in Microsoft’s Windows Media Audio format. Thereafter, the DRM (Digital Rights Management technology) embedded on the disc bars will not allow the burned CDs from being copied.
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