Yesterday I mentioned that consumers face new trade offs when choosing whether to buy music CDs or DRM-protected tracks from the Internet. Now I read that some companies and government agencies are banning Sony music CDs or even all music CDs as a response to the security problems created by Sony’s copy protection. This copy protection scandal is casting a long shadow.
Music CDs as a security risk
Yesterday I mentioned that consumers face new trade offs when choosing whether to buy music CDs or DRM-protected tracks from the Internet. Now I read that some companies and government agencies are banning Sony music CDs or even all music CDs as a response to the security problems created by Sony’s copy protection. This copy protection scandal is casting a long shadow.
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