However, unlike modern storage platforms like a pen drive, which you simply plug into your computer and copy files to, you were required to burn the CD to move any data onto it.

BMG tinkers with CD copy controls The record label licenses SunnComm Technologies' CD protection software to let listeners move music from CD to computer but keep them from sharing it illegally.

New CD copy-lock technology nears market Sony BMG Music Entertainment likely to release experimental CDs with new form of copy-protection early next year.

A Princeton University student has published instructions for disabling the new anticopying measures being tested on CDs by BMG--and they're as simple as holding down a computer's Shift key.

Sony to patch copy-protected CD Facing fears that its piracy-proofed CDs could help virus writers, record label is working closely with antivirus companies to offer patch.

CD-RW discs are not write-protected and can be reused multiple times. However, if you copy music files to the disc, many CD players will not recognize the files.

You also can no longer legally copy music from your iPod to your phone or, presumably, even backup the music on your phone to a computer, a precaution that every user should do to protect their ...

If you want to burn a file from your computer onto a DVD/CD, you dont need to pay for an expensive program or download and install something that promises to unlock these abilities for you. Your ...