[link|http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051111/tc_pcworld/123511|Sony Stops Shipping Controversial DRM Code]

Sony has temporarily suspended the manufacture of CDs that contain the software called XCP (Extended Copy Protection) said John McKay, a Sony spokesperson.

McKay did not say when Sony planned to resume the use of XCP, but XCP's developers have previously stated they are in the process of writing new copy protection software that does not use the controversial cloaking techniques that were in the original XCP and that have stirred up so much negative publicity for Sony.