Sony Music Testing New Copy Protection

RandyOo writes "According to this Reuters article, Sony Music is about to start testing a new type of 'copy protection' in Germany. It looks like they'll be releasing multi-sessioned discs with normal audio in the first session, and compressed, DRM'ed music files in the second session, as well added 'extras', including access to exclusive online content. The article explains that the disc's audio can still be copied, and there's a hilarious quote at the end by a BMG spokesman: "All copy-protections can be hacked, but if (we) give people what they are asking for in terms of value, they won't go out and steal it. It's called trusting the consumer." "

so now what,

[2MuchC0ffeeMan]

do we get to see iso's of cds on kazaa instead of mp3s?

Place your bets!

[Doomrat]

So, what's gonna crack it this time? Green felt tip pen? Rubbing a small kitten on the disc? Looking at it funny? Placing sliced cheese on it?

This is going to make my life harder..

[Realistic_Dragon]

Ever since they started selling broken CDs, my 'to rip' pile is twice as high - as my flatmates can't rip them easily with Windows, they just toss it to me to do with grip/cdparanoia on Linux.

So now instead of them just ripping their own to put on their MP3 player, I usually end up keeping a copy of the good stuff too. DRM actually increases piracy, at least in this flat!

Re:Place your bets!

[orthogonal]

So, what's gonna crack it this time? .... Rubbing a small kitten on the disc?

Not gonna work, dude. Slashdotters have already killed so many kittens.

Re:extra content not so special

[orthogonal]

usually these online sites are only maintained for a month or two, and they offer limited material -- maybe some wallpapers, a few shots of the band, and, if you're lucky, a downloadable live track or work-in-progress.

I'd love some live shots of Bach, and a chance to hear Mozart's works-in-progress!

Oh, wait, nevermind. They'll probably limit this to boy bands, right.

Re:so now what,

[Durandal64]

Then again, I don't think music files can be compressed easily.

There's this new thing called MP3. I think it's going to be big someday.

Hey You Got it Wrong

[Anonymous Coward]

My name is Jon not Joe. And you forgot the porn. Real men(as in those that don't have sex) give download priority to porn.