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Music biz patents anti-rip encryption technology
By Tony Smith
Posted: 17/08/2001 at 11:02 GMT
Recording industry organisation the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has come up with yet another scheme to foil listeners who rip CDs on their PCs.
Details of the method appear in a patent filed by IFPI. The patent, GB2357165, centres on encrypting the track time codes stamped onto every music disc, New Scientist reports.
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