Most consumers believe that they have the right to copy CDs for personal or backup use, and are likely to react badly to the music industry's stealthy introduction of unlabelled copy-protected CDs, ...

Universal Music is in talks with its best-selling rap artist Eminem to incorporate copy-protection technology into all upcoming CD releases of "The Eminem Show," marking the biggest move yet to ...

I just purchased a new CD only to discover that it won't play on my computer due to 'copy control'. This is REALLY annoying because I've just recieved some new speakers for my computer, which is my ...

Copying CDs is bad, <I>mmmmkay</I>? And that's why Microsoft has announced the <I>Windows Media Data Session Toolkit</I>, a technology aimed at embedding copy controls onto audio CDs in such a way as ...

An anticopying technology used by Sony Music Entertainment Inc. on music CDs sold in Europe is apparently being defeated by music lovers using simple straight lines drawn on protected CDs with ...

After two weeks of relentless criticism over its XCP copy protection software, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is pulling CDs that contain the software from store shelves. The company is also planning to ...