looser used our newssubmit to tell us that two California consumers have filed a class action lawsuite against Universal Music Group, EMI Music Publishing, BMG Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. and the Warner Music Group.
The complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, seeks either to block the discs or require warning labels identifying them as inferior in quality and hazardous to computers. |
Copy-protected discs use a variety of electronic techniques to deter digital copying. Some can't be played at all on computers and other devices with CD-ROM drives, while others try to confuse the drives so they can't extract the disc's data.
"If you use an Apple computer, you can't even get the disc out of the tray. It requires the time and cost of taking the computer into a repair shop and having it removed that way," said plaintiff attorney Nicholas Koluncich, who is representing his sister in the case. "At the very least, the labels should make sure they sell a product that actually works."
Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Assn. of America, called the case "frivolous" and insisted that the music labels have every right to use encryption technology to protect their intellectual property from theft.
Read the entire story at Sunspot here. Note that the consumers have said to seek unspecified financial damages, and an injunction that would force the discs off the market.
Source: Sunspot.net
