On Yahoo we find several topics on audio protections today. One of them is a press release of SunnComm, developers of the MediaCloQ protection, that announces that they will start implenting the technology in production plants in Europe.
This means that there will be more CD's available that use this protection, so Europeans watch out ! This will also mean there will be more CD's available for testing, so we could maybe learn some more about these protections.
Another press release on Yahoo learns us that also Macrovision has signed an agreement with Sonopress to use their SafeAudio protection in the facilities of SonoPress.
Tim Heath, worldwide director of SafeAudio sales at Macrovision stated, ``Sonopress has been extremely helpful in helping us to test and bring SafeAudio to market. Their support has contributed greatly to getting SafeAudio ready for production. |
We are delighted to have a product that protects music CDs against unauthorized copying and file ripping, while ensuring excellent playability across all playback platforms, in particular both Red Book and Yellow Book platforms. SafeAudio accomplishes this without taking up valuable disc space.
We have very exciting developments and features that we will be introducing into our SafeAudio releases through this year, which will significantly extend the protection available to artists and labels, and the value they can deliver to consumers. This is a very exciting market to enter.
In expanding our partnership with Sonopress for SafeAudio, record labels and rights owners can now take advantage of our new SafeAudio technology through Sonopress' worldwide manufacturing and distribution infrastructure in North and South America, Asia, Europe and Africa.''
Yeah you read it well, Macrovision will add new features to SafeAudio in the coming time, and these announcements all will result in more copy protected audio CD's on the European market.
And audio CD's are already more expensive in Europe !
Source: Yahoo.com
