Re: Copy protected CD's

[Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>]

According to Bj??rn Lindstr??m,
> Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net> writes:
> 
> > Does anyone know the details?  Some Windows-specific driver that's
> > required to read the tracks?  And how does it know how many times
> > you've ripped a song-- stashing counts in the registry some place, or
> > in a hidden part of the hard drive?
> 
> Presumably it uses a data track and Windows' nasty
> auto-run-executable-on-CD feature to create the actual annoying
> messages. I guess that in itself would prevent ripping by some
> particularly naive Windows users.
> 
> Of course, it might well be combine with some actual copy protection
> scheme that involves damaging the CD in some way.

I recall a story about the first CD that had this... people
were defeating it by running a magic marker around the
outside.  Do a slashdot search and you'll find it.