Talk about biting the hand...

Sony Music is in deep shit following controversy about copy protecting music CDs while at the same time also installs spyware in the computer. The music industry is really paranoid about piracy to do such an underhanded tactic like this. A group of California consumers have already filed a suit against Sony Music and I am sure a lot more people will follow.

Do I hear boycott??? :P

Just avoid these CDs for now as listed in www.eff.org

Trey Anastasio, Shine (Columbia)
Celine Dion, On ne Change Pas (Epic)
Neil Diamond, 12 Songs (Columbia)
Our Lady Peace, Healthy in Paranoid Times (Columbia)
Chris Botti, To Love Again (Columbia)
Van Zant, Get Right with the Man (Columbia)
Switchfoot, Nothing is Sound (Columbia)
The Coral, The Invisible Invasion (Columbia)
Acceptance, Phantoms (Columbia)
Susie Suh, Susie Suh (Epic)
Amerie, Touch (Columbia)
Life of Agony, Broken Valley (Epic)
Horace Silver Quintet, Silver's Blue (Epic Legacy)
Gerry Mulligan, Jeru (Columbia Legacy)
Dexter Gordon, Manhattan Symphonie (Columbia Legacy)
The Bad Plus, Suspicious Activity (Columbia)
The Dead 60s, The Dead 60s (Epic)
Dion, The Essential Dion (Columbia Legacy)
Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten (Epic)

This is not a complete list and Sony-BMG continues to refuse to make such a list available to consumers. Consumers can spot CDs with XCP by inspecting a CD closely, checking the left transparent spine on the front of the case for a label that says "CONTENT PROTECTED." The back of these CDs also mention XCP in fine print. You can find pictures of these and other telltale labeling at http://www.eff.org/IP/DRM/Sony-BMG/.

An advise to Sony... You cannot stop progress... Go with the flow. Piracy will not be solved by aggravating consumers - not only do you charge exorbitant amounts for a CD release (why would you buy a CD for 450 pesos (or $14.99 here) when you can buy the same CD in Quiapo for 50 pesos) but now you are distancing yourselves from the very people who are giving you the business.

By the way, I pity you if you're stuck in this shit if you bought the Celine Dion album. :p

Gives you another reason to get your music from iTunes...