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Copy-protection software thwarts felt-tip hackers
News Midbar, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company that makes copy-protection technology for audio CDs, said on Monday that its products are now to be found in more than 30 million CDs worldwide, with 10 million of those in Japan.
[August 27, 2002, 12:32]
Copy protection broken by hitting 'shift'
News In a paper published on his Web site this week, Princeton PhD student John Halderman explained how he disabled a new kind of copy-protection technology, distributed as part of a new album by BMG soul artist Anthony Hamilton.
[October 8, 2003, 8:50]
Copy protection takes stealth approach
News Unlike existing copy-protection schemes, which prevent CD burners from copying a disk, SmarteCD allows the user to burn a copy of the disc, explained company president Bala Vishwanath. That's the beauty behind it -- if you make a copy of a CD...
[June 28, 2002, 12:06]
Week in review: Copy-protection drama, scary robots and faster wireless
News In another copy-protection development, a British programmer released software that strips protections from Microsoft's e-book software, which looks a bit similar to the Elcomsoft vs Adobe case that raised so many hackles.
[January 10, 2003, 16:37]
Copy protection could be built into hardware
News Despite those efforts, the proposed anti-piracy bill has run into a wall of opposition from high-tech companies who contend it will hamper their copy-protection efforts by imposing inflexible requirements.
[March 25, 2002, 10:11]
Streaming media group closes in on MPEG-4 copy protection
News The ISMA invited "technical members of the security or content protection community" to apply for a review copy of the specification on the consortium's Web site. See the Digital Rights News Section for the latest on copy protection, piracy, DVD...
[April 1, 2003, 7:39]
Consumers attack CD copy protection
News Record companies have begun selling some pop music CDs with copy-protection measures that keep the discs from working properly in a PC's CD-ROM drive, preventing users from making copies of the discs or "ripping" MP3 files of the songs.
[October 29, 2002, 13:08]
Industry still grappling with copy protection tech
News Plans to hard-wire copy protection into popular digital music and video devices are being shelved as the consumer-electronics industry grapples interminably with antipiracy policies, standards and consumer rights.
[March 11, 2003, 14:30]
Hardware safe from copy protection
News Technology standards-makers on Monday voted against adding copy-protection support directly into computer hardware, a controversial proposal aiming to smooth adoption of strong antipiracy safeguards. The 4C group brought their proposal to the...
[April 3, 2001, 10:53]
Copy protection broken by hitting 'shift'
Talkback Unfortunately as many as 97% of UK business doesn’t invest in IT security and this is just down to cost. Still too many CEO’s still believe that the best way to make money is simply not to spend it. It is not simply a case of ignorance but simply...
[October 10, 2003, 11:40]
Copy protection takes stealth approach
Talkback Do you have to buy a whole new copy? What if you scratch your disk that is used to run the game? Sounds like a great way to make the legitamate user pay double, which is again why all of the piracy preventions are just a burden on the people who...
[November 15, 2005, 4:46]
Copy protection takes stealth approach
Talkback There is still to the best of my knowledge, NO media type in existance for data distribution & storage that is %100 indestructable + corruption/error proof, and when you can pay upwards of $1000(NZ) for some Software or $100(NZ) a Game, you SHOULD...
[January 11, 2006, 8:54]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback "We believe we can deliver more value by delivering more immediate content, an interactive experience, a better experience. More content and value isn't what people want these days. They want choice and value for money, which have both in the past...
[November 10, 2003, 20:55]
CD-maker to sell Macrovision copy protection
Talkback OK, so Macrovision want to do this, but what about people likle me who only burn a copy onto a CDR, and store the original - incase the original becomes scratched. Do we get some kind of warranty on our CD (free replacements)?
[September 11, 2003, 10:04]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback I have a tool that will beat all CD audio protection devices - it's called a 'microphone'. Attempts to reduce functionality on audio CD's will just make commercial piracy more tempting, and reduce legitimate sales further.
[November 11, 2003, 11:33]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback Extra features? Links to concert tickets? Only plays on Sony walkman hardware? Sounds like annoying ad-ware. Will the links & tickets still work in two years time? Will they work in every country? What next, mandatory ads between the tracks?
[November 10, 2003, 22:08]
Streaming media group closes in on MPEG-4 copy protection
Talkback I want to check this mpeg 4 encoding and decoding system, Do you have any reps in mumbai, India.
[September 26, 2003, 8:15]
Michael Jackson rocks the copy-protection world
News The copy-protection measure is aimed to prevent people from ripping digital copies of the single into MP3 format, or burning them onto a CD-recordable. The UK's Campaign for Digital Rights argues that Sony is not concerned about the affects that...
[September 25, 2001, 10:15]
Sony Music changes tune on copy protection
Talkback I was in the CD shops and saw a BMG Copy Control disc.and on the back it said it won't work in a Mac! I quote the article: "But if give people what they are asking for in terms of value, they won't go out and steal it.
[February 3, 2004, 23:38]
Hackers bypass Microsoft copy protection
News Hackers in Hong Kong are routinely breaking Microsoft's digital media copyright protection system and helping themselves to broadband encrypted content, including games, films and music videos, according to a report in the South China Morning Post...
[October 30, 2001, 16:47]
