NSync CD is copy protection "experiment"
The music industry is now testing different copy protection systems on mass market chart CDs, with copies of NSync's Celebrity on the Zomba label being...
Copyright Office recommends DMCA changes
The U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress issued a report last month that advised changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to...
Media Group found guilty of copyright infringement
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last month obtained a Summary Judgment against Media Group, a Fremont, CA-based CD manufacturing plant, and its president...
Peru pirates peddle a big industry
Scores of Peruvian shoppers stepping out of a popular market in a run-down area of Lima clutch bags of Britney Spears CDs, Adidas sweatshirts, Calvin...
Universal to unveil CDs with anti-piracy software
Vivendi Universal said on Tuesday its Universal Music Group, the world's largest record company, plans to start issuing CDs in October with software that prevents...
Sony locks CDs to stop internet copying
A music CD designed to be unplayable in a computer's CD-ROM drive has been distributed in the UK - the aim is to confound those...
US copyright law demands government-approved computers
A new US copyright Bill would make it illegal to use any computer system that does not have government-approved anti-piracy technology. Some experts believe that...
Lawsuit targets copy-protected CDs
A California woman has filed a lawsuit against an independent record label for embedding technology in CDs that blocks people from listening to songs on...
Bertelsmann steps up CD security efforts
Israeli security company Midbar said Tuesday that it has inked a deal with a Bertelsmann-owned CD manufacturer to provide copy protection for albums. The deal...
China launches anti-piracy effort (!)
Outside the Ping Pong Pavilion of the Zhuhai Athletic Center stadium, 15 industrial-strength wood chippers all in a row did just what they were trotted...
