I can't imagine this massive cock-up by Sony will remain long in the marketplace. It's been discussed all over the net, and nobody has a good word to say about it.

Audio CDs should have the usual "CD Digital Audio" logo on them - copy protected stuff like this is not allowqed to carry that logo because it does not comply with the Red Book standard.

It also raised question of whether they are breaking the laws of many contries in "interfering with the operation of a computer without the owners consent". (this is not a simple software installation, it's patching the OS, like viruses do)

Don't buy Sony media, and make sure Sony know that you're not doing so and telling others not to.

Anahata