Sony BMG, EMI try copy protection

The NY Times reports: Sony BMG Tries to Limit Copying of Latest CD’s: “Music executives say the restricted CD’s the music industry has released so far – most prominently BMG’s sale of Velvet Revolver’s ‘Contraband,’ last year – have resulted in virtually no consumer complaints. But analysts say that may be because consumers still have such an easy time breaking the restrictions or acquiring the music for free on unrestricted online file-sharing networks”
Digital Media Europe reports that EMI is in, too: EMI targets the ‘mix-tape’ with ‘secure CD’: “UK record label EMI announced yesterday it plans to introduce anti-piracy technology to its CDs that will restrict consumers’ ability to burn tracks to blank CDs. The technology, from DRM solutions firm Macrovision, will allow CD owners to copy only three full copies of a CD’s songs, and the burned discs themselves cannot be copied. ”