Re[2]: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil

["Matthew Leeds" <mleeds () theleeds net>]

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/

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---Matthew
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> > 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