Pressplay, Sony and Universal's joint online music venture, has reversed its policy on CD burning. They're using some proprietary software from Roxio to allow subscribers to burn the "rights-managed" song files they distribute to CDs at home.
Roxio's software will presumably stop anyone burning stacks of discs for all their chums, which is clearly a major concern for the music business.
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