SUNNYVALE, California, January 20, 2002 - Macrovision Corporation (NASDAQ: MVSN), the worldwide leader in video, software and audio copy protection and digital rights management technologies, announced today that its SAFEAUDIO? Version 3 Audio CD Copy Protection solution is now available for worldwide implementation. SAFEAUDIO Version 3 will be showcased at MIDEM 2002 ? Stand R29.01, Cannes, France. January 20 ? 24. This new version might have a few surprises for PC audio junkies. Read on...
SAFEAUDIO is a 100% software-based, audio copy protection solution for music CDs, jointly developed by Macrovision and TTR Technologies (NASDAQ: TTRE). SAFEAUDIO ensures excellent playability across all playback platforms and causes unauthorized copies to lose their entertainment value. Version 3 offers the following new features: New patent-pending ?AudioLok?? technologies offer increased protection and finely tunable multi-level security options Support for multi-session CDs with third party Digital Rights Management (DRM) options, allowing ?fair use? by consumers on PCs and digital audio players Enhanced mastering, verification and testing tools requiring no change or addition to existing production lines What this all means? Copied audio CD's become useless according to specification of the manufacturer by the fact that the contained Tracks are overlaid by strong noise. As Macrovision continues to describe, SafeAudio V3 does not need any additional storage space on that CD. Source: Macrovision