![]() The mystery files resembled a rootkit the usual purpose of a rootkit is to hide something a copy protection program was the kind of thing its creators might wish to hide from users and removing this particular rootkit disabled the CD drive. One phrase popped out at him: “Content Enhanced and Protected.” Evidently, the disc carried some form of digital rights management (DRM) software – a program designed to control copying and thus discourage piracy.įinally, the pieces came together. Now he took a closer look at the CD’s jewel box. To hear the CD, purchasers had to install the customized Sony BMG player included on the disc. Unlike most CDs, this disc couldn’t be played using common media-player software such as iTunes, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player. It was a Sony BMG Music Entertainment album called Touch, by the rhythm-and-blues singer Amerie. Then he remembered that he had purchased a music CD the day before and had played it on the computer.
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