Issues With Beastie Boys' New CD
Found on FurdLog on Saturday, 19 June 2004
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.
No wonder people download music. Those who buy the album are bombed with problems: the CD doesn't play in the car, in some players, in some computers. They get pissed at the music industry. And "pirates"? They don't care, because copy protection can be bypassed.