ONCE again the music industry has rolled out a copy control scheme that can easily be defeated. And once again it is Princeton University scientists who have embarrassed the record execs.
It was Princeton that debunked the myth that internet music can be protected by inaudible watermarks. And it was Princeton that worked out that all CD copy protection is in theory worthless (Â鶹´«Ã½, 9 November 2002, p 9). Now Princeton computer scientist Alex Halderman has found a hole in the latest system.
The giant record company BMG is trying the MediaMax anti-copy system, from SunnComm in Phoenix,…
