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Scotch Tape Stymies Sony Copy Protection
By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News

Sony BMG Music's controversial copy-protection scheme can be defeated with
a small piece of tape, a research firm said Monday in a demonstration of the
futility of digital rights management (DRM).

According to Gartner analysts Martin Reynolds and Mike McGuire, Sony's
XCP technology is stymied by sticking a fingernail-size piece of opaque tape on the outer edge of the CD.