Record Companies Purposefully Sell Defective CD's? Impossible? Not According To This List.

It appears that the hubris of the recording industry sees no end, and an ever-growing number of CD's out there contain malware sufficient to cause damage to your home computer -- PC or Mac. The list of CD's out there containing music industry malware, or "copy-protected" CD's, are not always disclosed to the general buying public. In fact, according to the Campaign For Digital Rights, many manufactured CD's fail to contain any warning that they are copy protected, and a listening public turning more and more towards playing CD's in places other than a stereo (such as their home computer) are stuck with the results: discs that won't play, lock up your machine, or cause damage to the machine itself requiring costly repairs.

In the end, you may not even be able to get a refund on one of these CD's from the retailer where you purchased it, meaning lost money from computer repairs and no guarantee of satisfaction as to the quality of the CD you purchased from the store.

You have rights as a consumer that are being violated, and nobody really seems to care. But there are lists going around on the internet that will keep you informed of what CD's are listed as "Copy Protected" even if there is no warning label or sticker attached. Click here and here for two seperate lists that will help keep you from falling into the industry's lack of consideration of the consumer and help you to enjoy the music you actually purchased.