[LINK] Coalition makes concession on anti-piracy technology

[Tony Barry]

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Source: Ken Rutkowski's Daily Tech News Clicks Friday January 5, 2001

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<http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/front/docs/copy010501.htm>Coalition 
makes concession on anti-piracy technology San Jose Mercury News 
After an outcry from privacy advocates, a group of leading computer 
hardware makers has agreed to give consumers the right to turn off a 
controversial new copy-protection feature on computer hard drives. 
The technology, developed by an IBM-lead consortium called 4C, would 
prevent consumers from making copies of music or movies without the 
permission of the record label or studio that holds the rights. The 
copy-protection feature could start appearing as early as this spring 
in portable devices, such as MP3 players, digital cameras and 
handheld organizers
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