Record company Universal is in talks with rapper Eminem to copy protect his latest album and all other upcoming CD-releases against digital piracy. Eminem's album good for probably millions of sold CD's will be one of the largest projects concering copy protected CD's:
Discussions are under way between Universal, a division of French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal, Eminem and his Universal-owned label Interscope Records to make the anticipated top-selling release copy proof, thwarting the industry's biggest concern -- piracy. |
Universal and Eminem would need to strike an agreement on whether or not to release the security-enhanced CDs in the next two weeks to meet manufacturing deadlines for the June 3 release date outside the United States, a Universal spokesman said.
If approved, it would be the most significant new music release to come embedded with copy-proof technology, a new innovation adopted by the major labels to thwart the rampant rise of consumer piracy, which they claim is hurting CD sales.
In a related move, Universal is also closely monitoring the circulation of Eminem's first single "Without Me," the company said. The number of promotional copies, ordinarily delivered to radio stations and the media, has been limited to ensure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
The CD will probably be protected with the protection developed by Sony: Key2Audio, a protection that isn't that hard to bypass...
Source: Yahoo.com
