Customer Reviews

More Music from The Fast and the Furious [Copy Protected CD]

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Due to added "copy-protection" measures, this album does not play on Macintosh computers. It does not play on DVD players with CD capability. It may not play on some regular CD players. Even if it does play initially, it may not play later as the disc becomes worn or the player ages.

This disc does not conform to the Sony/Philips "Red Book" standard that defines the specifications to which CDs are made. Due to inferior specifications, Philips have informed manufacturers that discs like this may not be called "Compact Discs" or marketed as such. As they are not "CDs" they may also represent infringement of patents and licenses regarding Compact Disc manufacture.

You may not be able to exercise your "fair use" rights as mandated by law in 1992 US legislation if you purchase this disc, due to software designed to defeat transfer to other media. The 1992 Act allows fair use but does not require manufacturers to permit you to exercise this right.

I would recommend that you do not buy this album. For more information, see ...

Will *NOT* play in my car CD player, (a GM Saturn), my Sony portable CD player, my Apple Macintosh G4 DVD-ROM drive, my Playstation 2, or anything other than a single, solitary CD clock radio. This is not acceptable, and I returned the CD. And the music isn't even that good. Don't waste your money on a CD that is only playable on a very limited number of CD players. And shame on Universal for releasing a disc with such horribly limited copy protection. Not everyone who plays CD's in their computer pirates the CD, and not everyone runs Windows. And it's quite insulting to be treated like a criminal for wanting to play a CD I bought on a system that plays every other CD out there.

It has been announced that this CD has been manufactured by Universal Music Group with intentional "defects" which will render it unplayable on many personal computer systems as well as many DVD players and personal CD players. Basically, anything that uses a CD-ROM type drive (and that includes a lot of home audio/video equipment - and personal CD players with MP3 capability) will probably choke on this CD. The reason for this (we are told), is to prevent piracy. The real reason for this, in my opinion, is *corporate control*. To force you to buy the music *twice* - once if you want a CD, and again if you want it for your personal digital listening device. When the recording industry starts selling you defective product on purpose, and tries to dictate how, where, and when you can listen to the CD you've already paid for, it's time to JUST SAY NO.

or any other cd with copy protection. I don't rip cd's and share them so why should I pay... for a crappy cd that won't even play on my computer or wherever I choose to listen to it.

Amazon is selling a copy protected CD that cannot be transferred to an iPod for personal use. Don't be bullied and do not buy this CD!

Don't play this CD on your PC, it does something that screws up the operating system. I had to re-install Windows :-(

This is a copy-protected cd. Why is this a problem?

a) It can't be copied, even for legally accepted personal use.

b) It *will not* play on computer cdrom drives, playstation, dvd players, or many portable car cd players.

Basically, it's useless. I received a promo copy that won't even play on my *regular* stereo, which is gathering dust in the spare bedroom. Hm. So, in addition to everything else, it doesn't play on *old* cd players either. As it turns out, Universal will be manufacturing all copies of this title this way, and will be moving "most" of its catalog to this format in 2002.

This cd *does not* conform to the Red Book Compact Disc audio requirements, and therefore qualifies as a defective product, not even as a cd per se.

I have no real interest in "ripping" this, as there are only a couple of songs that seem like they might be interesting, but as I listen to all my cds on one of two computers or the PS2, I can't even listen to the thing.

Consumer beware.

This is one of those Sony CD's that contains "XCP" spyware. XCP was written with the intent of concealing its presence and operation from the owner of the computer, and once installed, elements of the software run continuously -- even when no Sony-BMG music CD is in use. It provides no clear uninstallation option.

Additionally, without notifying users, the software appears to contact a remote machine under your control.

Sony has shocked and angered people over this issue. Software that deceives the owner of the computer it runs upon and opens that computer up to attacks by third parties may be expected to come from malicious cyber-attacks; it is certainly not expected nor acceptable to be distributed and sold to paying customers by a major music company.

Sony should temporarily halt manufacturing CDs with XCP and reexamine "all aspects" of their "content protection initiative."

If Sony truly intends to undo the harm that they have caused, they should immediately and publicly commit to the following measures:

1) Sony should recall all CDs that contain the XCP and SunnComm MediaMax technology. It must include removing all infected CDs from store shelves as well as halting all online sales of the affected merchandise.

A recent New York Times article said that well over 2 million infected CDs with the XCP technology are in the marketplace and have yet to be sold.

2) Sony should remove from all current and future marketing materials statements like that on http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/updates.html that say the cloaking software "is not malicious and does not compromise security."

3) Sony should widely publicize the potential security and other risks associated with the XCP and SunnComm MediaMax technology to allow the 2.1 million consumers who have already purchased the CDs to make informed decisions regarding their use of those CDs. The publicity campaign should include, at a minimum, issuing a public statement describing the risks and listing every Sony CD, DVD or other product that contains XCP or SunnComm MediaMax. The publicity campaign should be advertised in a manner reasonably calculated to reach all consumers who have purchased the products, in all markets where the CDs have been sold.

4) Sony should cooperate fully with any interested manufacturer of anti-virus, anti-spyware, or similar computer security tools to facilitate the identification and complete removal of XCP and SunnComm MediaMax from the computers of those infected. In particular, Sony should publicly waive any claims it may have for investigation or removal of these tools under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and any similar laws.

5) Sony should offer to refund the purchase price of infected CDs or, at the consumer's election, provide a replacement CD that does not contain the XCP or SunnComm technology. For those consumers who choose to retain infected CDs, develop and make widely available a software update that will allow consumers to easily uninstall the technology without losing the ability to play the CD on their computers.

In addition, consumers should not be required to reveal any personally identifying information to Sony in order to access the update, as Sony is currently requiring.

6) Sony should compensate consumers for any damage to their computers caused by the infected products, including the time, effort, and expenditure required to remedy the damage or verify that their computer systems or networks were or were not altered or damaged by XCP or SunnComm MediaMax products.

I'm not buying any more Sony CD's until they do the above!

This is Universal's first copy-protected CD. Buy it, open it, and then return it for a refund. Send a message to the industry (including the retailers) that consumers are not interested in buying crippled merchandise

After buying this cd, i found out the only place i could play was on my friends portabled player, so i returned it. This is because of the 'protection', which is bull since it basically says that they dont trust their customers. I normally dont download illegal mp3's, but i made an exception. The cd protection isnt perfect, so there are some copies on the net. I also made myself a protetion free cd... I highly reccomend it. Just think of it as a consolation gift for them wasting your time.