Jack Schofield 

‘Copy management’ may help CD sales

"Early sales of a BMG Entertainment music CD that allows buyers a limited number of copies and downloads have been promising enough that the company plans to continue the experiment with bigger musical stars in the coming months. Anthony Hamilton, an R&B singer on BMG's Arista label, released Comin' From Where I'm From in late September. The CD marked one of the music industry's first attempts at what it calls copy management -- using special software to permit buyers certain rights to make copies and distribute online," reports the Washington Post. The Hamilton CD allows buyers to make three copies, but nothing stops them from copying the copied CDs.
  
  


"Early sales of a BMG Entertainment music CD that allows buyers a limited number of copies and downloads have been promising enough that the company plans to continue the experiment with bigger musical stars in the coming months. Anthony Hamilton, an R&B singer on BMG's Arista label, released Comin' From Where I'm From in late September. The CD marked one of the music industry's first attempts at what it calls copy management -- using special software to permit buyers certain rights to make copies and distribute online," reports the Washington Post. The Hamilton CD allows buyers to make three copies, but nothing stops them from copying the copied CDs.

 

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