Article: Copy-protected CDs shrouded in secrecy in market test; In Europe:The recording industry seeks solution to digital music piracy

Article: Sony Nixes Copy-Protected CDs in Japan
AP Online;  October 5, 2004 ;     529 words ... ... to stop making copy-protected CDs because its feels its ... Entertainment released copy protected CDs in markets outside the ... released several copy protected CDs in both the U.S ... will soon go on sale in Europe, will be able to use ...

Article: Copy-protected CDs play havoc with computers
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Copy-protected CDs play havoc with computers ... it crash a computer? In Europe, the answer is oui. In ... systems. Although copy-protected CDs are just starting to enter ... protected. Sony Music Europe has taken the lead in aggressively ...

Article: Copy-protected CDs fall flat with public
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Copy-protected CDs fall flat with public Dallas Morning News Tuesday, April 9, 2002 When ... than 11 million discs using its key2audio system have been released in Europe by several labels so far. BMG Entertainment, a BMG subsidiary, confirmed ...

Article: Consumers' attention drawn to copy protected CDs.
M2 Presswire;  November 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... November 2002-ACCC: Consumers' attention drawn to copy protected CDs (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11202002 The ... becoming aware that discs released in the Unites States and Europe bearing early versions of the copy control technology could ...

Article: European Group Battles Copy-Protected CDs
AP Online;  November 11, 2005 ;     515 words ... ... consumers' group said Thursday. The emergence of copy-protected CDs _ installed with anti-piracy software that limits how many ... BEUC, an association representing consumer lobbies across Europe. "Private consumers ... are not criminals and to portray ...

Article: `Copy-Protected' CDs May Not Perform as You Expect.
The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Texas) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  February 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... releases by mid-2002. Sony has confirmed that more than 11 million discs using its key2audio system have been released in Europe by several labels so far. BMG Entertainment, a BMG subsidiary, confirmed that it was interested in the technology but stopped ...

Article: Dysfunctional discs: `Copy-protected' CDs may not ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... releases by mid-2002. Sony has confirmed that more than 11 million discs using its key2audio system have been released in Europe by several labels so far. BMG Entertainment, a BMG subsidiary, confirmed that it was interested in the technology but stopped ...