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DRM is cool :P

Mictlantecuhtli
06-20-2004, 04:36 PM
Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil (http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/366191/2004-06-13/2004-06-19/0)
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.

Heh heh heh, installing software without user's permission is a new thing?

I predict that majority of people will just submit to this kind of treatment, as always.

StormBringer
06-20-2004, 05:07 PM
Smells like Spyware...

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06-20-2004, 05:07 PM

Didou
06-20-2004, 05:23 PM
& remember kids, our fairy godmother the DMCA told us that finding a way to circumvent such security is bad & we might spend the next 5 years in a tiny cell with a cellmate named Bubba just for trying...

:p

LNCPapa
06-20-2004, 05:44 PM
I would also be happy to know if anyone can point me to a place that has a list of all the titles containing this kind of malware so I do not purchase any of them. The first thing I do when I buy a new CD is encode it to MP3 on my fileserver then spin a copy for my car. I refuse to leave originals in my car since it can get pretty hot in there while I'm at work.

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