Copy-Proof CDs Cracked with 99-Cent Marker Pen
Mon May 20, 1:14 PM ET

By Bernhard Warner, European Internet Correspondent

LONDON (Reuters) - Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony
Music's elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech
method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.

Internet newsgroups have been circulating news of the discovery for the past
week, and in typical newsgroup style, users have pilloried Sony for
deploying "hi-tech" copy protection that can be defeated by paying a visit
to a stationery store.

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