China world's largest victim of CD piracy
China's good reputation regarding copyright inviolations is spoiled, since it is said to be the world's main victim of compact disc piracy. Even if China...
Latest updates regarding file-swapping
According to a music website survey, most music fans are refusing to change their downloading habits despite a campaign to stop illegal song-swapping. More than...
StarForce releases new CD/DVD copy protection
StarForce Technologies, a respected provider of software security solutions for physical media (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-R), now enriches its product range with the addition of StarForce...
Japanese government against cheap music CDs
Except from fighting piracy, now Japan puts the battle onto Japanese pop CDs. Because of the great price difference between the Asian and the Japanese...
Magic ISO Maker Introduction
MagicISO is a powerful and easy CD/DVD image file edit tool. It can create / edit /extract ISO files, Make image files from CD-ROM or...
Taiwan CD-R disc makers expect to enjoy margin growth in 1H
As DigiTimes report "...Following a recovery in CD-R disc prices since the fourth quarter of last year, Taiwan-based disc makers Ritek and CMC Magnetics (CMC)...
IDDA disc duplicating university a DCD Expo standout
The Disc Duplicating University (DDU) day organized by the International Disc Duplicating Association (IDDA) was a star attraction of the DCD Expo in San Jose...
CD-R makers post declines in January sales, except for CMC
According to DigiTimes "...Compared to the previous month, CD-R disc manufacturer CMC Magnetics enjoyed a slight increase in January sales but rivals Ritek, Prodisc Technology...
UK album sales steady in tough market conditions...
Until last year, the UK had outperformed the worldwide record market for the past five years. While major territories such as the USA, Germany and...
Royalty rates for recordable DVD and CD discs at Germany!!!
The collecting societies in the Central Organisation for Private Copying Rights (ZPά) have reached a mutual agreement with the Recording Media Information Group (IM Informationskreis...
