3rd March 2002 Archive
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‘Hi-fi nuking’ CD technology safe claims developer
Other noise-filled CDs can, though - as the software biz has already admitted
The anti-piracy system that was last week said to nuke loudspeakers playing pirate CDs this week... well.. doesn't. So says New Scientist magazine - at the behest of the technology developer's lawyers, it seems, if the language used in the 'correction' (journalese for 'apology') is anything to go by. The technology, called …
Personal 3 Mar 2002, 12:16
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1m anti-piracy hi-fi nuking CDs hit Europe
Your Speakers are Toast
New Scientist later retracted its report "that an anti-piracy technology, called Cactus, from Midbar Tech of Tel Aviv, could damage hi-fis and loudspeakers (New Scientist, 4 August 2001, p19). This is incorrect". You can read the correction in full here. One million CDs have been released in Europe which are protected by the …
Personal 3 Mar 2002, 12:16
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CD anti-piracy system can nuke hi-fi kit
Sony is already testing it
New Scientist later retracted its report "that an anti-piracy technology, called Cactus, from Midbar Tech of Tel Aviv, could damage hi-fis and loudspeakers (New Scientist, 4 August 2001, p19). This is incorrect". You can read the correction in full here. Sony's Music Entertainment division has been testing an anti-piracy …
Personal 3 Mar 2002, 12:20
