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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psionicist" data-source="post: 2700439" data-attributes="member: 1874">1. It says the CD has "copy protection", but not what kind and it can damage your computer. Many CD:s already have copy protection and CD buyers are probably used to the less intrusive ones (such as the one you can overcome with a marker pen, it's not great content protection but it won't secretly install stuff on your computer).2. I can't answer this but probably a few weeks ago.3. Music downloaded online such as from iTunes already have some sort of copy protection, but it's "harmless" as it cannot in any way tamper in parts of the computer it doesn't belong.World of Warcraft cheaters have already started abusing Sonys copy protection program to avoid being discovered by the game: <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34" target="_blank">http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/34</a>It's only a matter of time before real viruses and spyware (Sonys program is Spyware too, but you get the point) will abuse this. The problem for everyone is almost all music, movies etc. you can download (illegally) online origin from so called "release groups" who already have contacts within labels and CD-pressing facilities. And even if they _don't_ get the music before you can buy it in store they have highly technical knowledge and can "rip" the music anyway. (There's a very interesting article about how the groups operate on Wikipedia and Wired Magazine)I am beginning to think the record and movie industry don't use DRM or copy protection "to keep honest people honest", I think they are trying to remove rights we already have and charge money for it (such as rewinding and timeshifting. Heck, they are already doing this: check out the TV-forum).</blockquote>

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