Huh?, 1% of people put CD's into their CD-ROM drives?, What, only tech geeks play CD's on their computer? That's ridiculous and I'll give you perfecet example. My Mother, who can't even work find file in Windows without hand holding, well, guess what? She listens to CD's on the computer all the time. This 'copy protection' will totally stop her from listening to the CD's she buys without her realizing why. Of course, technically skilled folks will find a way around this CD mangling. Apparently, the guys responsible for doing this even realize it only negatively affects the average person who just want to listen to their PURCHASED CD on a computer. This majority of people who don't know and don't care about the technical aspects of how a CD becomes music coming out of their speakers. I have a hard time looking at a sleazy scheme like this as as anything but criminal.
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Huh?, 1% of people put CD's into their CD-ROM drives?, What, only tech geeks play CD's on their computer? That's ridiculous and I'll give you perfecet example. My Mother, who can't even work find file in Windows without hand holding, well, guess what? She listens to CD's on the computer all the time. This 'copy protection' will totally stop her from listening to the CD's she buys without her realizing why. Of course, technically skilled folks will find a way around this CD mangling. Apparently, the guys responsible for doing this even realize it only negatively affects the average person who just want to listen to their PURCHASED CD on a computer. This majority of people who don't know and don't care about the technical aspects of how a CD becomes music coming out of their speakers. I have a hard time looking at a sleazy scheme like this as as anything but criminal.