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Labels to dampen CD burning?

June 2, 2004 New tools would limit backups from ordinary CDs and prevent burned versions from being used to create further copies. And the effort could also carry over to services such as iTunes. TAGS: SunnComm Technologies, Macrovision Corp., CD-burning, label, CD, copy, copy protection, digital-rights management, U.S., music, backup

Study: Song downloads to hit a high note

July 26, 2004 Sales will double this year and should grow to $1.7 billion in five years, JupiterResearch predicts. TAGS: digital music, song, research company, download, U.S., Apple Computer, music, CD

CD lock loosened for freer copying

January 23, 2004 Macrovision updates its copy-protection technology for music CDs to allow a specified number of burns and transfers, following the path set by download services such as iTunes. TAGS: Macrovision Corp., CD, portable device, restriction, copy protection, protection, technique, Apple iTunes, music, U.S., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Web-based music pirate gets jail time

October 9, 2003 A man charged with selling hundreds of CD compilations of copyrighted songs over the Internet is found guilty and sentenced to six months in jail. TAGS: RIAA, compilation, CD, attorney, New York, music, U.S.

iPod undermines Microsoft on copy-locked CDs

July 12, 2004 Microsoft's WMA format was almost a standard on copy-protected CDs. Then along came Apple. TAGS: Bertelsmann Music Group, SunnComm Technologies, antipiracy, Apple iPod, CD, WMA, Apple Computer, copy protection, song, U.S., Microsoft Corp., music, PC, Microsoft Windows

Year in review: P2P retreat, iTunes advance

December 17, 2005 Courts helped tame file swappers, while legal digital music sales soared. TAGS: P2P, Apple iTunes, file-swapping, lead, digital music, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, entertainment, music, Apple Computer, CD, Sony Corp., cell phone, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Swapping on the ropes

December 16, 2005 Recent court activity suggests that illegal song swapping may be facing its swan song. TAGS: song-swapping, Kazaa, household, P2P, Week in review, copyright law, song, MySpace, Google Inc., CD, music, U.S.

Microsoft sued over music downloads

October 13, 2003 A small New York company files a lawsuit against Microsoft, charging that the software giant's new music download service in Europe infringes on a patent nearly 20 years old. TAGS: E-Data, Tiscali, music download, patent, music company, point-of-sale, New York, spokesman, Microsoft Corp., Europe, music, U.S., Apple Computer, CD

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