From "Recording industry eyes 'smart' CDs" at
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/aptech_story.asp?category=1700&slug=Smart%20CDs
The music industry blames a three-year decline in CD sales on burners and
peer-to-peer, file-swapping networks like Kazaa. ...
"What if they put copy protection in the disc and it doesn't ... reverse the
decline of CD sales?" asked Phil Leigh, an analyst at Inside Digital Media.
"If it doesn't help it's likely to hurt by just annoying people."
Greg Stigers
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