SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to crack down on music piracy, five major record labels have quietly begun selling CDs containing technology that foils attempts by customers to copy the songs onto blank discs ...

I have simply never gotten around to cataloging my music collection...until now. I have begun transferring my CD collection over to Hard Disk for storage and play flexibility using Windows Media ...

Macrovision released a new generation of its antipiracy technology on Thursday that it hopes will make copy-protected music CDs more attractive to consumers and record labels. The update attempts to ...

Record labels and Microsoft are in discussions about ways that the next generation of the Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, can support copy-protected CD technology. The music labels, in ...

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 ...

I just read on a German website how to beat the copy protection scheme on the new audio discs that won't read in a computer, such as Celine Dion's new disc. Apparently, there's an outer ring of ...

After two weeks of relentless criticism over its XCP copy protection software, Sony BMG Music Entertainment is pulling CDs that contain the software from store shelves. The company is also planning to ...

Bloggers recently revealed that Sony BMG had hidden invasive software on some of its CDs to protect against unauthorized copying. The software also monitored and controlled how people used music they ...

Q:I recently started borrowing music CDs from the public library and burning a copy for myself. Do you see any problem with this procedure? Aside from the fact that it may be illegal, I find it a ...

In a statement on its Web site, Sony said customers who've already purchased the discs can exchange them, and remaining inventory will be pulled. "We share the concerns of consumers regarding these ...