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Their is some copy-protection that actually loads some spyware onto your hardrive - beware.

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In Reply to: The copy-protection symbol is being used more frequently, but posted by Donald on November 4, 2005 at 00:25:09:

I think its with the newest Sony CD releases (that feature copy protection.) Frankly I think copy protection is b.s., but is of little concern to me. I figure its only a (short) period of time before people figure out how to circumvent the protection. That being said, the idea of having spyware put onto my computer w/o my knowledge really pisses me of. That tactic seems a bit suspect.

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this is for CDs though not DVDs - tunenut 09:05:38 11/04/05 (1)
the goal of the copy protected CD is to force the consumer to play alternate files on the computer- some protected format like Windows Media Audio. Therefore, the CD may in some cases try to install a driver on the computer that prevents the disk drive from reading the actual normal CD (wav) files. This is not the way copy protection on a DVD works. For the time being, I think you're safe from DVDs that try to install executables on your machine.
- No sh*t., but copywrite protection for DVD's is just around the corner. - PdL 12:29:48 11/04/05 (0)
  I don't listen to CD's (or watch DVD's) on my computer anyway, so I'm not too concerned about that aspect of the copywrite protection.

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