Time for some info. There are a variety of copy control mechanisms being used by the publishers of CDs these days. Dragos most likely has run into Macrovision Cactus Data Shield. Here's some info: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/cactusdatashield.cfm http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Articles/Specific.asp?ArticleHeadline=Cactus%20Data%20Shield%20200&index=0 For those interested in other protection methods you might read this: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/ and this: http://ukcdr.org/issues/cd/ ---------- ---Matthew *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> Dragos Ruiu wrote: >> >> >Well I truly regret actually purchasing a copy of the new Beastie Boys >album >> >to support them. >> > >> >It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection >system, >> >that automatically, silently, installs "helpful" copy protection >software >on >> >MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems. >> >I'm not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am sure regreting actually >> >purchasing said media now... they don't deserve my money if they choose >> >to pull stupid stunts like this. Installing software without your >permission >> >sounds like viral malware behaviour to me. I certainly hope the AV >companies >> >put signatures into their products for this crap. >> > >> >They include some sort of uninstaller buried on there for Windows, but >> >I see no such thing for MacOS. If anyone has disassembled the >> >aforementioned malware already and can save us some time with >> >instructions on how to remove it... thanks in advance. >> > >> >caveat emptor, >> >--dr
