Sony Notebook User Guide
Using your notebook
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MagicGate
MagicGate refers to the copyright protectio n technology used by the MagicGate M emory Stick™ and other
MagicGate Memory Stick™ compatible devices.
The Memory Stick™ Walkman and MagicGate Memory Stick™ work together to check the data and ensure
it complies with copyright protection.
If no problems are detected, the data is exchanged in enc rypted form; if authentication is not passed, data
cannot be exchanged or played back.
OpenMG
This is a copyright protection technology that is used to manage the digital music content do wn loaded to
the PC from CDs, the Internet and/or other sources.
Software installed on the PC records music content i n encrypted form onto the hard disk. As well as a llowing
you to enjoy music on the PC, th is technology protects against unaut horized distribution on the Interne t.
Since it is compatible with MagicGate, you can use OpenMG to transfer music that you have downloaded
onto your PC to your MG Memor y Stick™, and playback on other M ag ic Gate-equipped devices and media.
Copyright protection
People who create artistic works such as music are entitled to a "copyright", meaning that they have
exclusive rights to dictate how their work is used. When they are created, artistic works are automatical ly
protected by a copyright without having to submi t notification or registration, and may not be used wi thout
the permission of the person who created the work.
In the music world, however, illegal acts of distributing music with out the permission of the artist,
particularly on the Internet, have recently been on the increase. That is why the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA) took the initiative to organize a forum called Secure Musi c Digital Initiative
(SDMI) to study technology for protecting copyrights during the electronic distribution of music.