As we all know the new discs now making their way into record stores in the United States and Europe contain countermeasures that prevent playback on computers and, in some unintended cases, normal CD players as well.
Philips has indicated That means labels would also be barred from using the familiar "compact disc" logo that has been stamped on every CD since Philips and Sony jointly developed the technology in 1978".
A side note:
Charlotte Church's Album "Enchantment" not copy protected has the familiar "CD LOGO", also
"More Fast And Furious Music" which is copy protected also has the familiar "CD LOGO" although on back cover there is a warning about being copy protected.
Philips also indicates that
"Even when the protection technology works as intended, Wirtz said that normal wear and tear could eventually overwhelm the error correction for the altered discs, causing them to become unreadable within a few years.
We fear some of these so-called copy-protected CDs will play at first but will eventually show problems and break down," he said".
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"Aside from its ownership of the CD trademark, Philips is a major manufacturer of CD burners, and Wirtz said future Philips machines will likely be able to both read and burn the protected CDs--a proposition that may land the company in the crosshairs of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Philips contends that the protected discs do not fall under the DMCA, since they restrict the playback of music, not copying itself". |
Think Philips will get away with it?
Source: CNET Tech News
