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New Microsoft Tools Copy Protect CDs and DVDs |
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Joris Evers, IDG News Service
Tuesday, January 21, 2003
Microsoft on Monday announced new copyright protection tools that let recording companies restrict the use of CDs and DVDs on personal computers.
Two major recording companies, Universal Music Group, a unit of Vivendi Universal, and EMI Group, as well as MPO International Group, a large independent CD maker, have adopted the new software, Microsoft said in a statement released at the Midem music conference in Cannes, France.
Second Session
Microsoft's new Windows Media Data Session Toolkit allows media companies to add a protected "second session" to CDs and DVDs for use on PCs. This second session includes the audio and video content in Microsoft's Windows Media format, plus rules for the use of that content, Microsoft said.
For example, content owners can limit the number of times a user can play the content on a PC and restrict copying of audio and video or transferring of songs to a portable device, Microsoft said. The protection is handled through Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management technology, Microsoft said.
Entire second session offerings could also be made available by recording companies for downloading via the Web, according to Microsoft.
 PCWorld
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