Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced that it has been testing a digital rights management (DRM) system called “sterile burning” and has already released 10 CD titles — about 1 million discs — with the copy protection. It did not say which ones they were. “Sterile burning” limits the number of copies a consumer can make from a purchased CD and prevents copies being made from copies. Although some worry that these measures will limit “fair use” or the ability of consumers to use purchased material legally, analysts disagree.
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Sony Tests Copy-Protected CDs
Posted by: Susan B. Shor May 31, 2005 11:32 AMSony BMG Music Entertainment announced that it has been testing a digital rights management (DRM) system called “sterile burning” and has already released 10 CD titles — about 1 million discs — with the copy protection. It did not say which ones they were. “Sterile burning” limits the number of copies a consumer can make from a purchased CD and prevents copies being made from copies. Although some worry that these measures will limit “fair use” or the ability of consumers to use purchased material legally, analysts disagree.