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Cirrus">http://www.cirruslogic.com">Cirrus Logic has become the latest chipmaker to license audio watermarking technology from San Diego–based Verance">http://www.verance.com">Verance Corporation. Cirrus will integrate Verance copy-prevention and copy-tracking technology in "a new line of high-performance chipsets for DVD devices," according to a November 20 announcement. Cirrus Logic's entry into the DVD-A arena may help boost market acceptance of the DVD-A format, executives conjectured.

Disc piracy is a profitable but increasingly risky business, with bootlegging-related shootings and armed robberies on the rise. Modern pirates have begun to imitate their sea-going ancestors, using force to acquire assets and territory.

When do fractions of pennies add up to millions of dollars? Answer: When they are accumulated unpaid royalties for one of the most popular albums of all time.

Linn's early decision to develop hard-disk audio systems first got our attention when the Kivor project was">http://www.stereophile.com/news/10645/">was announced back at the 2000 Consumer Electronics Show. The Linn Kivor has now spent almost two years on the market, garnering a positive reviewhttp://www.stereophile.com//digitalsourcereviews/497/">review; from John Atkinson and a special "Editor's Choice" mention in this month's 2002 Products of the Year.

We kick off our anniversary collection with 40">http://www.stereophile.com//features/708/">40 Years of Stereophile: What Happened When. Editor John Atkinson recounts the complete history of Stereophile, starting in 1930 when J. Gordon Holt heard his first sound in North Carolina.

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