Another unpleasant announcement for RIAA comes from Philips, the inventor of CD. The Dutch company announced that it wants the CDs “protected” with the Israeli company’s anti-ripping system (the system supported and promoted by RIAA) NOT to be labeled as CDs at all. Philips rightfhully states that the “protected” CDs are so different from their specifications that they don’t want the famous “Compact Disc Digital Audio” logo (belonging to Philips) on them. They also want those “fake CDs” to be clearly labeled as such on their boxes. Philips also rubs salt in RIAA’s wound with the company’s copyright director Gerry Wirtz adding that they will start manufacturing CDR writers capable of defeating the “protection” 
A summary of Philips’ announcement: available here
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