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Copy Control is the generic name of a copy protection system, used from 2001 until 2006 on several digital audio disc releases by EMI and Sony BMG Music Entertainment in several regions (Europe, Canada, the United States, Australia). more...

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It should not be confused with the totally unrelated CopyControl computer software copy protection system introduced by Microcosm in 1989. Several types of protection existed. While basically intended as a means of copy-protecting compact discs, Copy Control discs cannot properly be referred to as CDs as the system introduces incompatible data, making the discs non-compliant with the Red Book standard for audio CDs. The system is intended to prevent digital audio extraction (\"ripping\") from the protected discs, and thus limit the file sharing of ripped music. The techniques used are:

Multisession (Blue Book) information is included which effectively hides the audio tracks from most CD-ROM drives;; Error-correction codes for the audio data are corrupted, which may introduce audible errors to ripped copies.; The data area of the disc usually includes DRM-restricted copies of the audio content, which are incompatible with some operating systems.;

In the Netherlands, the record labels Sony and Universal experimented with copy control until 2004. EMI kept using it until June 2006, when they dropped it.

In the United States, Universal Music Group experimented with copy control on a few soundtracks in 2001 and 2002, but abandoned it afterwards; Warner Music Group has only used it in Europe on such releases as Red Hot Chili Peppers Greatest Hits. As of September 2006 Cactus Data Shield, the Macrovision technology behind copy control, is no longer listed as a product on Macrovision's website and has completely been abandoned in such countries as Australia.

A December 2006 issue of Billboard magazine announced that EMI had decided to abandon copy control worldwide. Until then, it had been unclear whether EMI had completely abandoned it. There was no press release.

Background

The Copy Control protections were devised in response to the file sharing and casual CD copying that has become commonplace in recent years, allegedly causing the music industry significant lost revenues. Neither issue was particularly relevant when the CD standard was introduced in the early 1980s, and thus, unlike the more recent DVDs, the CD standard specifies no inherent form of copy protection or other digital rights management. Copy control is one of a number of attempts to apply copy protection on top of the CD standard, but since it is merely a modification of the already unrestricted standard which must still yield usable results in most CD players, the efficiency of the system varies significantly.

As the Copy Control discs do not conform to the requirements of the CD standard, they are not labelled with the CDDA logo, which is trademarked by Philips. A Copy Control \"CD\" which would not play in a car CD player was deemed \"defective\" in a French 2003 lawsuit, and every recent Copy Control released disc carry visible Copy Control notices stating merely compatibility with CDs and the possibility of playback problems \"on some equipment, for example car CD players\". Nevertheless, the discs are frequently referred to as CDs or \"copy-protected CDs\" in music stores and in colloquial language.

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