In a press release from Yahoo we can read that Bertelsmann has inked a deal with the Israeli security company Midbar to use their Cactus Data Shield protection.
Under the agreement, Bertelsmann's Sonopress will use Midbar's technology, dubbed Cactus Data Shield, to thwart potential pirates attempting to illegally reproduce music. The technology comes in three versions. Albums containing CDS-100 can only be listened to via traditional CD players, while those with CDS-200 can be played on CD players and PCs. The third version, CDS-300, can be played on both types of devices; it also lets people download music stored on the CD to a computer hard drive. |
Last month we already reported that Midbar released 1 million copy-protected CDs in the European market. This will probably become much more now. Should we fear it? I think not. As we reported, earlier versions of Cactus have already been cracked.
But the music industry is trying hard. Also competitor Macrovision has been quietly testing copy-protected CDs.
Source: yahoo
