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Sony has started shipping compact discs armed with copy-protection technology provided by the UK-based anti-piracy specialist First4Internet.

The new technology will reportedly enable users to make only a limited number of copies of a protected CD, putting a stop to the so-called "casual piracy," in which case CD purchasers make copies of discs to pass on to friends.

"The casual piracy, the school yard piracy, is a huge issue for us. Two-thirds of all piracy comes from ripping and burning CDs, which is why making the CD a secure format is of the utmost importance," said Thomas Hesse, Sony's chief of global digital business.

Sony already has shipped about 2 million CDs protected by First4Internet's XCP technology, which allows users to make copies of CDs for personal use, including transfers to personal mobile devices

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*Wont take long for a program to be made that will bypass the "copy-protection". :think:*

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[..] The new technology will reportedly enable users to make only a limited number of copies of a protected CD [..]

I dont get it.. How can limit the number of copies u can make of a CD? Its read-only, so its not like they can put a switch/countdown timer on it........ :think:

Sony already has shipped about 2 million CDs protected by First4Internet's XCP technology, which allows users to make copies of CDs for personal use, including transfers to personal mobile devices[..]

Isnt that the opposite of what they are trying to do? :P

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I dont get it.. How can limit the number of copies u can make of a CD? Its read-only, so its not like they can put a switch/countdown timer on it........ :think:

Isnt that the opposite of what they are trying to do?  :P

It may be a new type of .cda (cd audio) file on the cd which, when copyied to a computer, only allows a certain amount of copies of the file. Or they my require a program of thier's to be used to copy the files to the computer (maybe in a new type of protected audio format) and it only allows a certain amount of copies to be made.

And for the second question, they should have added "limited" to the statement. Ofcoarse that's what they really ment.

But like we all know, It wont be long before we can bypass this. If you download the files anyways, you wont have to bother with this if they rippers have the software to bypass it.

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prolly work like trial software does, and as we all know, theres no way around that... :thumbsup: :lol:

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But like we all know, It wont be long before we can bypass this. If you download the files anyways, you wont have to bother with this if they rippers have the software to bypass it.

Just waiting for the protection to be bypassed.....

Just a matter of time...... :thumbsup:

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Just waiting for the protection to be bypassed.....

Just a matter of time...... :thumbsup:

a music cd with copy protection is not a music cd. they try this shit with the data file in the outer rim edge. which some britsh crack it by using a magic marker on the outer edge. which with the illegal dmca makes all markers illegal to own btw.

i wonder how much they spent on this new illegal scheme crap. last computer file control program was crack by holding the "esc" key down. which sent that companies stock to hell. they try to sue the college kid for posting the information.

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Its so funny that the companies put so much effort into coming out with a protection and the cracks were soooooooooooooooooo simple....

just think 'a marker' and an 'ESC' key................ :rolleyes:

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Its so funny that the companies put so much effort into coming out with a protection and the cracks were soooooooooooooooooo simple....

just think  'a marker' and an 'ESC' key................ ;)

but you got to remember the companies where going to sue they to death for posting the information online with the illegal dmca.

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freedom of speech, buddy. we can SAY what ever we feel like, but actually DOING is what's illegal (for non-personal use obviously) ;)

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Ahh yes, the freedom of speach. The ability to:

Sell books on how to make meth which is illegal.

Sell mod chips for illegal use.

Sell paraphanalia for illegal use.

Tell the goverment they suck and not go to jail.

Thank god for the bill of rights!!!

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but its funny how we are slowly losing these right... or at least, getting more restrictions ;) <_>

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but its funny how we are slowly losing these right... or at least, getting more restrictions :usama: <_>

Tell me erRor67 why shouldnt the govt crack down on people who give info on how to make explosives/atom bombs on the net.....

Where the people who published the how to's thinking that people would read it and make fire crackers ???? ;) Celebrate Diwali (Festival of lights) :pissed:

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that would be like saying "we should arrest the guy that wrote the book on building the atom bomb." you can get ALL that, and then some, from your local library and all ya need is a little plastic card ;)

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that would be like saying "we should arrest the guy that wrote the book on building the atom bomb." you can get ALL that, and then some, from your local library and all ya need is a little plastic card ;)

Unfortunately that is true....

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Yesterday, 15/06/05 Macrovision filed suit against two well known companies, Sima and Interburn. Macrovision is a company well known for their products which scrambles analog from a DVD into a lower quality, making a DVD hard to rip (duplicate).

Sima produces a suite of "video enhancers" which could be used to thwart DVD copy protection, if not enhance the original playback of a DVD by reverting the scrambled signals to pure analog. It works as an in-line device (from your DVD player to the Sima product, and then into a tv screen, DVD recorder, etc). By doing this, one could rip the stream directly by analog and make illegal copies of a copy protected disk. This bypasses the Macrovision copy protection that the company has spent millions on developing and deploying. Hence their need for a lawsuit, or they may end up spending millions more.

Interburn on the other hand produces a vast amount of DVD duplication tools, some of which do the equivalent of Sima's products, but purely on a software level. It'll rip from analog and allow for a DVD to be copied.

http://www.p2pcore.com/stories/143.php (full story)

that protection didnt last too long. :)

The DMCA specifically recognizes Macrovision technology as a broadly adopted copy protection system that cannot legally be bypassed.

but it can be bypassed, quite easily, just not erm, um, legally so i guess sony will be suing someone else real soon :D

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that sucks, since when are THEY allowed to say WE can't copy a movie WE bought, for personal use. this shit's getting WAY out of hand, they're just letting these greedy pigs do whatever they fucking want, no matter if it violates the contsitutional rights WE have. it's obvious what tells the government what to do...the almighty $$$ of corporate dickheads. you know every 4 years the biggest names in buissness & government go to a big secret meeting and discuss god knows what? :)

this isn't OUR country any more, it's theirs, the corporate dickheads. we, the people, have been reduced to little working pessants with no say so...once again <_>

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This country is fucked up. We're trying to fix (in the government's eyes) everyone else's problems, when we haven't even fixed our own.

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Tell me erRor67 why shouldnt the govt crack down on people who give info on how to make explosives/atom bombs on the net.....

Where the people who published the how to's thinking that people would read it and  make fire crackers ???? :)  Celebrate Diwali (Festival of lights) :D

You realize the person that invented dynomite did it for a good purpose (creating tunnels in caves)?? But people started using it for killing mass people, making him feel like a monster. And so he created the Nobel Prize given to those who help humanity.

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For some reason I think that whatever we invent some of it always turns out to be more useful for destructive purposes than creative purpose....however good the intentions were.....

I think its just a flaw in Human beings...

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This country is fucked up. We're trying to fix (in the government's eyes) everyone else's problems, when we haven't even fixed our own.

U have no idea how much I agree with that one....

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For some reason I think that whatever we invent some of it always turns out to be more useful for destructive purposes than creative purpose....however good the intentions were.....

I think its just a flaw in Human beings...

exactly, take fision for example. it's provided SO MUCH cheap power (controlled reaction). yet, it was the same technology used for a-bombs (purposley unstable reaction), which have only been used twice in history. i think the pros out way the cons in that case :P

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U guys remember Jurassic Park III? When Alan found out that his assistant stole an egg? Alan told him that some of the worst things ever done/created were with the best of intentions. Now that was a good quote.

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