I don't know, but it sounds like Microsoft. They are the big security phreaks around, putting so much time and effort into piracy protection on their software. You know what I see though, Microsoft being so tight with security on these CD's, it won't even work when you buy it out of a music store, and the customer will be forced to go online and find someone who has a crack or something just to be able to play the CD they bought. Or people will find the cracks to make it easier to play, rather than having to stand on their head and spin around 15 times while saying their 155 digit registration key backwards.

Personally, I like the way things are. I listen to a bunch of MP3's I download off Kazaa, then if I actually do like more than one track off a CD I go and buy the actual CD. I know there are a lot of people who don't. But even on that fact, if music companies are mad about the money they are loosing due to CD-burners, why not invest in companies that make CD-R/RW media? Then they would be making out like a bandit anyway!

Lastly, I know it's the whole point of the matter, don't illegally copy things that are not yours... so try you're best to put copy rights on them. But don't let people like Microsoft jump into the works and screw everything up and upset the customers more. The artical even said about how mad customers were that were not able to play the CD's in their cars or computers due to security. I don't know, I just see bad stuff coming from Microsoft jumping into the works. They always rush stuff out before it's ready, or make it so hard to use you'd rather be a cracker than an honest customer.