Recently we reported about SafeAudio a new protection that should disable consumers from ripping CD's to MP3 files.
Now BMG Media is introducing another technology called MediaCloQ that has been developed by a company called SunnComm. It seems to use the same technique as SafeAudio.
BMG Entertainment said Monday it will work with security technology provider SunnComm to create copy-protected CDs, one of a growing number of efforts by the record labels to combat alleged Internet piracy at the source. Under the deal, SunnComm said BMG will use its technology, dubbed MediaCloQ, which prevents people from being able to "rip" songs directly from a CD onto a computer. BMG said it is testing SunnComm's technology and is starting to implement it on promotional CDs. BMG said it will decide later whether to use SunnComm's technology for commercial releases. |
The announcement comes as major record labels are testing ways to stop the flood of unauthorized MP3s onto the Web. Thousands of CDs incorporating anti-copying technology have already been sold to unsuspecting consumers in one test that began months ago.
It seems this will become a trend, protecting your audio CD's against converting it to MP3. It seems the record industry is losing it, don't they know there are legal reasons to convert your CD's to MP3 ?
Source: ZDnet.com
