i cant speak for ninja or warp or any other independent label, but
here's what's about to happen with the majors
At the beginning of May, news.com providing technology news featured
a Reuters story (
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-896391.html)
revealing that "Universal Music is in talks with its best-selling
rap artist Eminem to incorporate copy-protection technology into all
upcoming CD releases of "The Eminem Show," marking the biggest move
yet to protect its top acts from music piracy."
Universal and Eminem would need to strike an agreement on whether to
release the security-enhanced CDs in the next two weeks to meet
manufacturing deadlines for the June 3 release date outside the
United States, a Universal representative said.
If approved, it would be the most significant new music release to
come embedded with copy-proof technology, a new innovation adopted by
the major labels to thwart the rampant rise of consumer piracy, which
they claim is hurting CD sales.
In a related move, Universal is also closely monitoring the
circulation of Eminem's first single "Without Me," the company said.
The number of promotional copies, ordinarily delivered to radio
stations and the media, has been limited to ensure it doesn't fall
into the wrong hands.
if you follow the related story, you'll see that Sony Music in
Germany & Japan have instituted it along with a few of the other
majors who seem to be limited and copy protecting advance promos that
are being given out to radio stations and journalists.
At 12:40 pm -0400 10/5/02, Jeff Birgbauer wrote:
quoted 3 lines this affects pc and mac alike.
>this affects pc and mac alike.
>
>http://www.macuser.co.uk/mminute/php3/openframe.php3?page=/newnews/newsarticle.