The prevention of unauthorized copying of software and media. With regard to software, from the 1950s to the 1980s, copy protection was not a major issue. It became a problem after the advent of the ...

The software giant has gained considerable ground over the past few months in its bid to have its audio technology loaded on every copy-protected CD sold by record labels. While labels have yet to ...

Sony BMG Music Entertainment is pulling the copy protected CDs which have caused a firestorm of consumer protest. In a statement on its Web site, Sony said customers who've already purchased the discs ...

The measure, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would grant the Federal Trade Commission the power to establish labeling methods for technology that limits the ability of consumers to freely copy, ...

Most consumers believe that they have the right to copy CDs for personal or backup use, and are likely to react badly to the music industry's stealthy introduction of unlabelled copy-protected CDs, ...

[GloriousCow] has started working on a series of investigations into the various historical floppy disk copy protection schemes used in the early days of the IBM PC and is here with the first of these ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. In an ironic twist last week, a moderator on the forums for copy ...

Since it rolled out a video server in 2003, Kaleidescape has loudly proclaimed its adherence to copy protection strictures, including those embodied by the Digital ...

I recently bought the new Aphex Twin CD Drukqs. I quite like it and would like to rip it to my HD as MP3 (as I did with the ~300CD I BOUGHT so far). Now, Aphex Twin's label is Warp/Zomba and they use ...

Copy protection, or Digital Rights Management (DRM) in general, is something that in most cases users hate and the entertainment industry really likes. When the audio CD first appeared the only way ...

In a statement on its Web site, Sony said customers who've already purchased the discs can exchange them, and remaining inventory will be pulled. "We share the concerns of consumers regarding these ...