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News.com: Labels Looking to Limit CD Burning Capabilities

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2004 - 3:29pm.
San Francisco -- Citing the unfettered copying of CDs enabled by CD burners, the major record labels are currently testing technology that would limit the number of times a CD may be copied, and eliminate the ability to make copies of copies, CNET News.com reported on Wednesday. Anti-piracy firms SunnComm and Macrovision are developing such technologies in cooperation with the labels, with SunnComm and BMG already testing a "secure burn" solution and Macrovision expected to release its technology within several months. "If there's somebody who's making 25 copies for the world and finds they can't do that, then few people will probably complain. But if someone finds they can't make a copy for their kid so he can play it in the car, you're going to have a lot of people returning broken CDs," Mike McGuire, an analyst with GartnerG2, told News.com. A Macrovision executive told News.com that the labels are also interested in further limiting the amount of copying that can be done with songs purchased from online services like iTunes and Napster.
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