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  1. Beastie Boys Respond to DRM Claims

    Yro · Music · · posted by michael · from the didn't-do-nothin' dept. · 581 comments
    An anonymous reader notes that the Beastie Boys have responded to claims that their new album is DRM-crippled; their response is that the US and UK versions aren't crippled, and the DRM software is only installed in RAM, not on disk. See our previous story for background.

  2. Beastie Boys' New Album Silently Installs DRM Code

    Yro · Privacy · · posted by timothy · from the but-the-beastie-boys-are-so-countercultural dept. · 1,035 comments
    nfsilkey writes "After more than five years, the Beastie Boys have released a new album. It seems that the retail disc is bundled with a copy protection autoinstaller which silently silently puts itself onto the listener's computer. Many listeners are up in arms and some are venting their frustrations on the band's website."