Macrovision CD Protection To Be Apple Compatible

Dom · Aug 25, 2004, 05:00 PM

It's as jarring as former First Lady Nancy Reagan saying yes to drugs.

The maker of the code hackers love to crack -- Macrovision -- is touting the sharing and copying features of the next version of its CDS-300 copy-protection scheme when it's released in this year's fourth quarter.
Those features include compatibility with Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) Latest News about Apple music management software, iTunes, and its best-selling digital music player, the iPod.

Some 350 million audio CDs have been sold outside the United States with earlier versions of CDS-300 that block music-ripping from the discs. But Macrovision is taking a different tack with the new edition of the software -- version 7.0 -- a tack it feels will be more acceptable to the U.S. market.
"We believe that version seven is the first version of CDS-300 that's ready for the Americas," Macrovision Senior Marketing Director Entertainment Technologies Group Adam Gervin told TechNewsWorld.

"That's predicated in supporting the hot digital player of the day, and that is the iPod," he said.

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Aug 25, 2004, 05:00 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Macrovision CD Protection To Be Apple Compatible It's as jarring as former First Lady Nancy Reagan saying yes to drugs. The maker of the code hackers love to crack -- Macrovision -- is touting the sharing and copying features of the next version of its CDS-300 copy-protection scheme when it's released in this year's fourth quarter. Those features include compatibility with Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) Latest News about Apple music management software, iTunes, and its best-selling digital music player, the iPod. Some 350 million audio CDs have been sold outside the United States with earlier versions of CDS-300 that block music-ripping from the discs. But Macrovision is taking a different tack with the new edition of the software -- version 7.0 -- a tack it feels will be more acceptable to the U.S. market. "We believe that version seven is the first version of CDS-300 that's ready for the Americas," Macrovision Senior Marketing Director Entertainment Technologies Group Adam Gervin told TechNewsWorld. "That's predicated in supporting the hot digital player of the day, and that is the iPod," he said. Read More... ___________________ Source: TNW