Copy-protected CDs iPod-incompatible But Sell Well

August 8th 2005 | Multimedia

Recent CDs by Foo Fighters and Dave Matthews Band containing new anti-piracy technology are selling well despite a backlash among some fans angry that the discs are incompatible with iPods, experts said on Thursday.

Aiming to curb piracy, labels like Sony BMG, which released both records, are rolling out copy-protected albums in the United States, which let users make three exact duplicates of a CD, and store files on a PC in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Media format.

But the copy-protection bars users from importing music onto iPods since Apple’s Fairplay software is incompatible with protected Windows Media Audio files.

Reuters

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Copy-protected CDs iPod-incompatible But Sell Well
Published in: Multimedia on 2005-08-08