Tag archive: copy protection technology

According to CNET News.com, the action was filed with the French Competition Council in June and was disclosed Thursday by Apple as part of its quarterly filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing states that Virgin Mega is seeking various unspecified “interim measures,” while it waits for a decision on the merits of the case. According to Apple's filing, a… Read More

The suit is the fourth set of claims to be filed against 321 Studios, which markets the most popular DVD copying software commercially available. Previously, the company has been sued in both California and in New York by coalitions of Hollywood studios and by Macrovision, another copy-protection technology company. Read the whole story at CNET.

The Belgium-based group known in Dutch as Test-Aankoop and in French as Test-Achats, said it has received more than 200 complaints from consumers who objected to a technology that prevents consumers from making a back-up version on a blank disc and limits playback on certain devices. Industry observers believe Test-Aankoop's suit is the biggest European legal challenge yet to the music industry's controversial campaign to… Read More

Other recording companies are cautiously watching the technology, which will be used on a commercial release for the first time next week. Buyers of hip-hop star Anthony Hamilton's “Comin' From Where I'm From” will be able burn three copies per computer and even e-mail songs to a limited number of people, who can then listen to the recordings up to 10 times apiece. The BMG Entertainment album can also be played… Read More

Focus Enhancements' FS454 chip is now shipping to Microsoft for incorporation into future consoles. The chip has taken a while to get here. Microsoft commissioned the part in May 2001, and the part was finally finished according to the specifications laid down by the Beast of Redmond in July 2002. Now, just over a year later, production chips are on their way to Microsoft. According to Focus, the FS454 supports “virtually… Read More

The Plug and Play Agreement was reached by consumer electronics companies and cable providers on December 19, 2002. According to CEA and CERC, early approval and implementation of the agreementwill promote competition in the cable product marketplace, and will provide a tremendous boost to the digital television (DTV) transition by facilitating HDTV reception in the living rooms ofAmerica's 70 million cable households. As explained… Read More