ZDNet

Copy-protected CDs--not for Macs

Mac users may want to check the labels on their music CDs twice, as copy-protected audio discs flooding the market may lead to serious problems when they are played on some computer systems. Since ...
CNET

Sounding off on behalf of copy protection

Peter Jacobs faces a daunting challenge: convincing millions of music fans that he's not a policeman. The 53-year-old former on-air radio personality heads Phoenix-based SunnComm, one of dozens of ...
ZDNet

Label to identify copy-protected CDs

A music industry group has proposed a logo to identify CDs that include anti-copying features, saying the feature could help allay consumer concerns over the technology. The International Federation ...
CNET

iPods to support copy-protected CDs?

The EMI Group record label said music from its copy-protected CDs will soon play on Apple Computer's iPod digital music players, but the iPod maker disagrees. For more than a year, the anti-copying ...
Macworld

Copy-protected CDs: Rearview reality

And so, I dutifully purchased yet another copy of Stand Up (I’d already grabbed the album from the iTunes Music Store to check out iTunes’ new video feature) and took a look. For those new to the ...
Ars Technica

Copy Protected CDs - How to play?

Boycotting such CDs is not a bad idea. I would write a letter to the label explaining why you won't be purchasing it as well. Failing that, I think you can black out the copy protection track (on the ...
Macworld

Study: Consumers shun copy-protected CDs

Music companies thinking of distributing copy-protected CDs to protect their content from piracy will likely raise the ire of consumers while lowering their revenue, a new study warns. According to a ...
PC Magazine

copy protection

The prevention of unauthorized copying of software and media. With regard to software, from the 1950s to the 1980s, copy protection was not a major issue. It became a problem after the advent of the ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Copy Files to a Write-Protected CD

Write-protected CDs are designed to have files copied to them only once. Blank write-protected CDs are identified as CD-R discs. Using the default options in Windows, once you copy files to a CD-R and ...
Ars Technica

OS X Copying Copy Protected CDs?

Hi there!<BR><BR>I recently purchased Massive Attack's latest CD called '100th Window'.<BR><BR>Unnoticed at the time, was a little sticker on the front of it with a logo consisting of a triangle ...
Hackaday

copy protection

In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whether as-in-beer or as-in-speech. This situation is a surprisingly new one, and in an earlier era of consumer software ...