ha! Sony really messed up! apparently the search for copyright protection breaches someone elses licensing agreement! "According to this Dutch article the Sony DRM software (or rootkit, if you may prefer) contains code from the LAME MP3 encoder project, which is licensed under the LGPL. However, the source code has not also been distrbuted, hence breaching the license" http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/15/1250229 Sony however is recalling all rootkit installing CD's: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200511/s1508480.htm ouch - that's going to cost a bit! k