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floppy ears writes "Watch out for the new Anthony Hamilton CD, Coming From Where I'm From. The CD has two sets of tracks: one set of "encrypted" songs that can be handled by CD players but cannot be ripped, and a duplicate set of tracks in WMA format. In CD players, the disc plays normally (in theory). When put into a computer, the disc installs software to keep the music secure, but allows you to copy some or all of the Windows Media tracks to your hard drive. What a shame that I'm running Linux and my portable MP3 player doesn't support WMA."
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Press SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive - Prevent CD from automatically playing.
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They don't really want you to stop it, do they? And from the way it's worded I have no idea if it stops code execution, or just music CDs from playing.
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R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
I'm going to start writing letters to the artists: "I bought your CD, but couldn't play it because of some crazyass copy protection scheme, so I had to return it. I bought a copy of Yanni instead."
I'm hoping they'll eventually throw a hissy fit and complain to their managers/producers/labels/etc. This probably won't make a difference, but maybe it will, and at the very least someone at the record labels will have to deal with the annoyance, which makes me happy.
If it doesn't meet the Red Book/Blue Book standards, it is not a CD, and Phillips should sue them if the use the Compact Disc Audio logo anywhere on the product. Also, CD retailers should refuse to carry them, as they WILL be returned much more often as purchasers discover they simply don't work with their hardware. We can also help out by buying, opening, then immediately returning one every time we get a chance! What are the chances of these working properly with Sony's car MP3 players?
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Or just hold down shift when the CD-ROM drive closes. That'll disable autorun for that particular instance.
As far as I remember, you could even turn off the autorun stuff anyway if you wanted it to.