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, ...

I recently bought the new Aphex Twin CD Drukqs. I quite like it and would like to rip it to my HD as MP3 (as I did with the ~300CD I BOUGHT so far). Now, Aphex Twin's label is Warp/Zomba and they use ...

If you’ve legally purchased a copy of a CD, only to find that it’s unplayable on your computer, car stereo or portable CD player, chances are you’ve fallen victim to the RIAA’s latest ‘anti-piracy’ ...

Stung by the common practice of consumers copying, or “burning,” new versions of a store-bought CD onto recordable CDs, music companies have invested heavily in copy-protection technologies that have ...

In a statement on its Web site, Sony said customers who've already purchased the discs can exchange them, and remaining inventory will be pulled. "We share the concerns of consumers regarding these ...

Anything that doesn't work with my computer I'll be immediately returning to the store on the basis that it is defective. I hope everyone else does the same. Universal has said that ít'll reimburse ...

Macrovision released a new generation of its antipiracy technology on Thursday that it hopes will make copy-protected music CDs more attractive to consumers and record labels. The update attempts to ...

The music industry is having to rethink its drive towards copy-protecting music CDs, following people-power protests and probing questions from US politicians. BMG in Europe had launched two of its ...

The media giant is searching for a senior project manager to lead a software initiative that the company calls “AOL Time Warner’s answer to prevention of illegal CD copying/burning,” according to a ...

Security researchers have identified a rootkit-- software used by hackers to hide their malicious code from anti-virus and anti-spyware defenses -- within the copy protection scheme Sony BMG Music ...

It's a CD copy protection scheme that makes a lot of people sick (along with their computers), so it's fitting a virus is bringing it to at least a temporary halt. Several viruses, actually, as Sony ...

Microsoft has extended its repertoire of copy-protection technology by providing software to let entertainment companies put customised piracy blocks on CDs and DVDs. The new software was announced on ...