New CD Protection Won't Play On PCs
News Israeli security company Midbar Tech is releasing one million copy-protected CDs in Japan as part of an aggressive push by record labels to curtail digital piracy. Midbar said Monday that Avex will be the first Japanese label to issue copy...
[March 6, 2002, 15:56]
Copy Lock Shuts Out Music Pirates
News Israeli security company Midbar said on Tuesday that it has inked a deal with a Bertelsmann-owned CD manufacturer to provide copy protection for albums. Under the agreement, Bertelsmann's Sonopress will use Midbar's technology, dubbed Cactus Data...
[September 5, 2001, 11:16]
Record Labels Put The Brakes On CD Copy Locks
News Israel-based Midbar Tech, which makes the Cactus Data Shield product used by Universal Music Group and other labels, said on Monday that more than 30 million discs worldwide have been released with its anti-piracy protection built in.
[September 3, 2002, 13:28]
UK Buyers Fume Over Copy-protected CD
News According to Midbar, more than a million copy-protected CDs from various artists have been released in European markets. For example, BMG tested Midbar Tech's Cactus Data Shield with the Imbruglia release.
[November 20, 2001, 9:18]
Celine Dion Disc Could Crash European PCs
News Companies that provide such technology include Macrovision, SunnComm and Midbar Tech. Universal Music Group, BMG Entertainment and Warner Music Group have all tapped Midbar's technology to lock up the ordinary audio files on discs.
[April 5, 2002, 15:20]
Merger Could Spawn More Copy-proof CDs
News Over the last two years, at least four companies -- Macrovision, Midbar Tech, Sony and start-up SunnComm -- have tried to persuade record labels to add various flavours of anti-copying technology onto ordinary CDs.
[November 6, 2002, 9:27]
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]
AOL Wants To Lock Up Its CDs
News A handful of companies provide software that aims to prevent CD ripping, including SunnComm, Midbar Tech and Macrovision. Last December, Universal released its first copy-protected CD, using software from Midbar's Cactus Data Shield to lock up...
[March 13, 2002, 10:46]
Universal Copy-protected CD Shuns Media Players
News Universal has tapped Midbar Technology's Cactus Data Shield to lock up the ordinary CD audio files. On the eve of Universal's kickoff of its long-awaited Pressplay online music subscription service, the record label is distributing its first copy...
[December 19, 2001, 11:32]
Label Releases Copy-protected CD With Pride
News Last year, BMG Germany's push to secure CDs, using technology from Israeli security company Midbar failed. As teenagers slip through Napster's increasingly dense filters for the latest pop craze, veteran country music singer Charley Pride is trying...
[May 15, 2001, 11:20]
Copy-protected CD Hacked--or Is It?
News That situation was underscored last year in a failed attempt by BMG Germany to push secure CDs using technology from Israeli security company Midbar. Free copies of songs from country music singer Charley Pride's latest album appeared on the...
[May 16, 2001, 8:48]
New CDs Designed To End 'ripping'
News Most of the major record labels are experimenting with the basic copy-protection technology created by Macrovision, SunnComm or Midbar Tech, or with some combination of these software companies' techniques.
[September 28, 2001, 14:25]
Sites Spotlight Reports Of Copy-protected CDs
News Midbar Tech and SunnComm also are working with several record companies. A handful of Web sites are popping up to report sightings of copy-protected CDs, and already it's clear that there is far more confusion than solid information.
[November 13, 2001, 13:06]
Restraints Relaxed In CD Anti-copying Tech
News Last year, record giant BMG Entertainment began testing technologies from security companies that include SunnComm, Midbar Tech and Macrovision. SunnComm is adding a spoonful of sugar to its anti-copying medicine.
[April 16, 2002, 12:17]
