germany gets the drm-wrappers off
buried in an article about cd singles (which is worth noting, in light of the death of the album and ringtones-as-value, there’s a couple notes about copy-protection in germany… so to keep on the drm-crazy news cycle, here you go….
Pocket CD format to trial in UK [bbc news, june 22, 2004]Universal is planning to phase out the sale of copy-protected CDs in Germany, where music piracy has hit the industry, following concerns that not all would play in some stereo systems.
It said it may re-introduce copy-protected CDs at a later date if and when the technology improved.