Sony to Drop Copy Protection on CDs
Sony Corp.’s Japanese music unit said it would no longer sell CDs with built-in copy protection, a technology it had been pushing for two years.
Sony Music Entertainment Japan spokesman Yasushi Ide said that some new CDs would no longer carry the technology starting this month and that it would be dropped altogether beginning Nov. 17.
Sony shares fell 30 cents to $34.90 on the New York Stock Exchange.
From Associated Press
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