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June 1, 2005
Meanwhile, the Music DRM Marches On
Posted by Alan Wexelblat
A couple of brief pieces (here on geek.com and here on webpronews.com) reporting on Sony's BMG unit continuing to push more widespread use of DRM. After testing in the UK, Sony is now rolling out in the US a technology called XCP2 that is supposed to stop people making further copies of copied disks. The system is designed so that a personal backup copy can be made but the DRM transfers with the copy and blocks further copying. So you can have one copy in your car, but if you own two cars you're SoL?
XCP2 is just one of the copy-control technologies that Sony BMG have deployed and once again the customer is in the dark since the company doesn't label disks it has doctored, nor inform you in advance of purchase. This is what caused me to drop my BMG membership - I want to know. I disagree with PCPro, who call this an "informal deal" with the customer. I didn't have any part of this deal, nor do I have any negotiating power in the exchange, except to pick up my dollars and walk away. I'd hardly call that a "deal."
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1. Neo on June 1, 2005 2:08 PM writes...
There's also the problem that even if this scheme works perfectly as designed, it won't work. It will prevent second generation copies. So? You can make many copies of the disk you bought, copying that disk rather than earlier copies, and distribute them to 10,000 of your best buddies. Not to mention the usual -- the analog hole, which will enable ripping and napsterizing the disk as always, as well as making an unrestricted disk that does permit nth generation copies.
Copy protection is a waste of time and money for everyone except the snake oil salesmen who concoct the schemes and sell them to gullible media companies. A waste of time and money for those companies and their customers.
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