The Register has a story on BMG announcing that Europe will be it’s new testbed for a copy-protected discs only catalog. (we should not call them CDs anymore).
Slashdot has picked up the story. Oh, BoingBoing too.
For now, us Region 1 people will still find mostly « normal » CDs on the shelves.

So much has been written on this topic, yet not that much has filtered through into the mass media. Well here’s Kofi Annan on CNET.

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If Panama may have it’s issues with an unrestricted IP network, China is well known for it efforts in building yet another great wall.

I wonder if old routers and proxy servers will make such a good tourist attraction in 1000 years. Not to mention being visible from space. Oh well, the 3 gorges dam reservoir certainly will be, so this generation can check that legacy off the do-to list.

Add that to special ID cards required to use internet cafés, and you have a reasonably tight grip on the media.

(Thanks again Cla!)

On par with the DRM-enabled shower head!

BBspot is reporting that the RIAA wants a mandated background check on anyone who wants to purchase a CD-RW drive, including a three day waiting period to verify that the consumer has no copyrighted material on their hard drive…

(thanks Cla)

[via LawMeme]