marco used our newssubmit to tell us about an article on the Register about a new protection that should have been developed by the IFPI.
The protection should use encrypted time codes that are not used by normal CD players, but only by a computers CD-ROM drive.
IFPI's patent specifies that the CD should contain the software and keys needed to restore the time codes, but that these can only be unlocked with a password. In other words, if you want to play your CD on a PC, you'll need to ring up and buy the password. |
Such a copy mechanism wouldn't necessary prevent copying. As we've reported before, tools like CloneCD allow discs to be copied on a bit-by-bit basis, rendering copy-protection methods that utilise CD playback hardware's error correction mechanisms useless. However, CloneCD would duplicate the encrypted time codes, so any duplicated disc would still only be playable on a hi-fi, not a PC.
Well another way of trying, it seems audio protections are a hot issue at the moment. Another reason to don't buy your CD's in the store...
Source: TheRegister
