Sony to charge for copying CDs

[Glenn Bach <gbach@xxxxxxxxx>]

Got this from another list . . .

G.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2003/01/23/192122

Sony said yesterday it has begun sales in Japan of CD singles that
require
users to pay a small fee over the Internet each time they make copies.

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc said the new CDs are designed to
prevent piracy of music over the Internet, making anyone other than the
buyer who wants to listen to music from the CDs pay a small fee on the
company's Web site.

The CDs can be copied onto the buyer's computer once, but after that any

additional people wanting to hear copies of the music will have to pay
the
Japanese Yen 200 (US$1.69) charge for each song.

Singles by seven Japanese pop artists including Crystal Kay went on sale
at
stores nationwide yesterday in the new format.

The company [says] it currently has no plans to use the technology
outside of
Japan.

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