A group of technology companies is creating a set of industry standards that could help put digital piracy protections directly into disk drives: a daunting prospect for Napster or Gnutella users.
A Princeton University student has published instructions for disabling the new anticopying measures being tested on CDs by BMG--and they're as simple as holding down a computer's Shift key.
The Recording Industry Association of America has agreed with Diamond Multimedia Systems to halt all litigation over Diamond's Rio MP3 player.
In what may be a first for the recording industry, Maverick Records and Vivendi Universal's online division are asking listeners to pay AU$2 for an unprotected MP3 version of a new single.
Plans to hard-wire copy protection into popular digital music and video devices are being shelved as the consumer-electronics industry grapples interminably with antipiracy policies, standards and consumer rights.
A group of technology heavyweights is expected to take the wraps off a secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices, according to sources familiar with the plans.
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