Lawsuit targets copy-protected CDs
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: Lawsuit targets copy-protected CDs
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:07:13 -0400
Complaint (DeLise v. Fahrenheit, et. al.) [PDF]
http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/mp3/delise090601.pdf
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7090886.html
Lawsuit targets copy-protected CDs
By Jim Hu
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
September 7, 2001, 12:25 p.m. PT
A California woman has filed a lawsuit against an independent
record label for embedding technology in CDs that blocks people
from listening to songs on a computer.
The suit, filed in California Superior Court in Marin County,
alleges that Denver, Colo.-based Fahrenheit Entertainment misled
consumers by failing to include an adequate disclaimer on CDs
encoded with digital copyright-protection software.
The suit also cites SunnComm, the Phoenix-based software company
that created the protection program as a preliminary measure to
prevent people from distributing digital copies of the songs over
the Internet.
The lawsuit said the protected album
<http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5936091.html>, "Charley
Pride: A Tribute to Jim Reeves," does not offer a disclaimer that
it will not operate on computer CD players. It also requires a
consumer to register personal information in a proprietary Web
site before downloading the songs onto a computer, raising
privacy concerns, the suit says.
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