By our newsreporter ewiniyeh...
The quote is in Spanish from an article on Mexican newspaper "La Jornada", the full link to the online story is above (I read the story in the printed newspaper ans its the same version). In short, it says that Sony used an "Austrian protection" on the new CD by popular singer Vicente Fernandez, but the scheme failed miserably as pirated copies were available almost at the same time as the original version. The story doesn't identify the protection used, but goes on saying that its ironic that Sony, which according to the story invented the mp3 format (?) is now suffering the consequences of its invention, and that piracy accounts for 63 percent of audio CD sales in Mexico.
¤ Editan cd de Vicente Fernández con proteccié³n austriaca |
Fracasé³ intento de Sony Music por contrarrestar la pirateréa en México
ARTURO CRUZ BARCENAS
La novedad de este cd es que Sony Music intenté³ contrarrestar la pirateréa con una innovacié³n tecnolé³gica austriaca (el cd protector) que impedéa hipotéticamente la reproduccié³n del material en los MP3. Es decir, se intenté³ proteger la salida del disco de Vicente, uno de los cantantes más pirateados en México.
Find the full article in the jornada newspaper. Hmm sony invented the mp3 format?? That's new to me
Source: Jornada
