[IP] : Sony attempts to limit recording again

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Ed Biebel <edward@biebel.net>
Date: August 21, 2006 4:24:45 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Sony attempts to limit recording again

Dave,

I don't recall seeing this on your list and thought your readers  
might find it interesting.

From New Scientist magazine (http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/ 
tech/dn9728.html)

"A patent filed by Sony last week suggests it may once again be  
considering preventing consumers making "too many" back-up copies of  
its CDs.

[...]

"Sony's latest idea is to place a piece of monitoring hardware inside  
the CD. Its patent suggests embedding a radio-frequency ID chip that  
could be interrogated wirelessly by a PC or CD player. The chip would  
record the number of times the disc was copied and prevent further  
recordings once it reached the limit. "

Ed



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