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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Sony BMG on a losing street
Sony BMG gets slammed almost daily now for their terrible CD copy-protection solution that is based on spyware-like technology and that was found to include unlicensed open source software. Recently they also got sued by the state of Texas, and this note tells about how to circumvent the protection altogether.
According to Gartner analysts Martin Reynolds and Mike McGuire, Sony's XCP technology is stymied by sticking a fingernail-size piece of opaque tape on the outer edge of the CD.
"The bottom line: Sony BMG has created serious public-relations and legal issues for itself, and for no good reason."
Ouch! If harakiri was still in fashion probably some people at Sony BMG would be in life danger right now.
"After more than five years of trying, the recording industry has not yet demonstrated a workable DRM scheme for music CDs," concluded the Gartner analysts. "It will never achieve this goal as long as CDs must be playable by stand-alone CD players."
Will the mobile phone market have the same problems?
TechWeb | News | Scotch Tape Stymies Sony Copy Protection
According to Gartner analysts Martin Reynolds and Mike McGuire, Sony's XCP technology is stymied by sticking a fingernail-size piece of opaque tape on the outer edge of the CD.
"The bottom line: Sony BMG has created serious public-relations and legal issues for itself, and for no good reason."
Ouch! If harakiri was still in fashion probably some people at Sony BMG would be in life danger right now.
"After more than five years of trying, the recording industry has not yet demonstrated a workable DRM scheme for music CDs," concluded the Gartner analysts. "It will never achieve this goal as long as CDs must be playable by stand-alone CD players."
Will the mobile phone market have the same problems?
TechWeb | News | Scotch Tape Stymies Sony Copy Protection
