“Sony’s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.”
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“Sony Music has learned that only a small part of the population illegally copy CDs, company spokeswoman Kimiko Ohashi said Monday.” (n.c.a)
A bit of good news, maybe they’re finally getting clueful about what consumers want from a music publisher instead of punishing them for using new technologies to listen to music they’ve bought.