EMI seeks Roxio's security

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Posted on 6 Jun 2001 at 17:08

EMI has announced that it has signed a strategic partnership with digital media company in order to produce a secure system that will allow customers to burn their own CDs using permitted music files downloaded or purchased from the Internet.

Through this relationship, Roxio will provide its technology and multiple distribution channels while EMI will provide strategic guidance and advice. The two companies will work towards creating solutions designed to protect against the unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted content.

"By partnering with a market leader such as Roxio, EMI will work to develop ways for consumers to easily record authorized music onto recordable CDs," said Jay Samit, Senior VP, New Media, EMI Recorded Music. "Cooperation between technology companies and the music industry is at the core of our plans to develop new revenue streams for our artists."

Industry experts have said that by 2004 over 25 per cent of all media will be distributed via the Internet. Add this tally to an estimated user base of 100 million CD recorders and you can see why EMI are moving into this area.

The prospect of such a system fills with me with joy. Perhaps in the near future we will be able to download that rare album that has been deleted and burn it to a blank CD for a nominal charge. This will see record shops being abandoned and the distribution model for the music industry will change, resulting in cheaper records for everyone. But this is just a pipe dream, on my part!

Author: Darren Lock