\”Copy-proof\” CDs cracked with 99-cent marker pen

Technology buffs have cracked music publishing giant Sony Music\’s elaborate disc copy-protection technology with a decidedly low-tech method: scribbling around the rim of a disk with a felt-tip marker.

Internet newsgroups have been circulating news of the discovery for the past week, and in typical newsgroup style, users have pilloried Sony for deploying \”hi-tech\” copy protection that can be defeated by paying a visit to a stationery store.

Ha ha! Take that Sony copy protection! Now if only they would put out music worth copying…