article: The recording industry's off-key strategy

[Michael]

from a Canadian newspaper:

Ten years ago, as the Internet began to mushroom in popularity and emerging technologies enabled consumers to make nearly perfect copies of digital content, the recording industry embarked on a two-pronged strategy in response to the changing business environment.

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While the industry's approach proved successful on the legal front � the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization's Internet Treaties established legal protections for DRM and Ottawa introduced a private copying levy on blank media such as cassettes and CDs in 1997 � the strategy's effectiveness has long been subject to debate.

Full article: http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/183137