Protected CDs \’should be labelled\’ – from BBC News
The music industry risks alienating its core consumers by selling copy-protected CDs without warning labels, according to new research.
Record companies have begun placing blocking devices on many new CDs to prevent them being copied to MP3 files or blank discs, including albums from Michael Jackson, Natalie Imbruglia and Celine Dion.
A survey among adults and teenagers in the US found that 74% strongly agreed the industry should be required to label CDs.
But the survey also saw 82% of respondents say they believe it is actually legal to make copies for back up purposes and 77% believe they should be able to copy a CD or use it in another system.
And 60% believed they should be able to give another member of the household a copy.
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