Recently, it has been discovered that Sony-BMG has been using a copy-protection technology on their music CDs where if you insert the disc in your PC, a software will be installed automatically using rootkit technique used by virus writers, and it will create problems with your system. The EFF site has put up a list of CDs that contains this software and also provided tips on how you can recognise CDs with this software.
Makes me wonder why music companies are doing such silly things to cause mistrust among their users. No wonder I don't feel like buying new CDs these days... but thankfully, Macs are immune to this problem. Good thing I'm ripping my CDs on a Mac.
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