If this report is accurate, then we can expect copy protected music CD's to become commonplace in the next few weeks. Why? It's because of "casual piracy", a term used by music industry moguls to describe scofflaws that copy their CD purchases and give the copies to friends. As we all know here at CD Freaks this is a violation of the license purchasing agreement. The labels are saying that this practice is even more devastating to their sales potential than even P2P Internet trading.
Emboldened by the Sony BMG's first copy-protected hit, Velvet Revolver's "Contraband'' which topped the Billboard charts selling more than 7 million copies worldwide, They feel that the consumer is not put off by these measures. So now the floodgates open.
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"You can do with the CD you bought what you do with it if you're within the realm of personal use,'' said Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG's president of global digital business. "You can burn a copy that you play in your car or a copy that your son plays in his bedroom or make a personal mix. That's fine. That's the way people listen to music these days. If you attempt to burn 20 copies and distribute them to the kids who come to your son's birthday party, that's not possible.'' |
Well, that doesn't sound too bad, as long as you can still make compilations or use your burner to make a copy for the car. You can read the article in it's entirety here. (Registration required)
Source: The Mercury News
