Disco de Natasha Bedingfield: “Unwritten [UK Bonus Tracks]”

The infamous Sony Rootkit fiasco, detailed at http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html is present on this CD. I have confirmed its existence on a PC that played this disc and have a very high suspicion of it as the cause of many system instabilities on that PC (still under investigation).

If you like the music and want to support Ms. Bedingfield, attend one of her concerts, but do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT BUY THIS CD!

Sony must be sent a message that their behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. In general, avoid all "CONTENT/SOPY PROTECTED" or "ENHANCED" discs. They can no longer be trusted from anyone, especially any Sony published discs.

I will not buy this CD because, it installs without user permission, presenting only a vague and misleading EULA

Changes system configuration without user permission at time of change.

Defends against removal of, or changes to, its components

Silently modifies other programs' information or website content as displayed.

Includes mechanisms to thwart removal by security or anti-spyware products.

Cannot be uninstalled by Windows Add/Remove Programs and no uninstaller is provided with application.

XCP.Sony.Rootkit installs a DRM executable as a Windows service, but misleadingly names this service "Plug and Play Device Manager". Approximately every 1.5 seconds this service queries the primary executables associated with all processes running on the machine, resulting in nearly continuous read attempts on the hard drive. This has been shown to shorten the drive's lifespan.

Furthermore, XCP.Sony.Rootkit installs a device driver, specifically a CD-ROM filter driver, which intercepts calls to the CD-ROM drive. If any process other than the included Music Player (player.exe) attempts to read the audio section of the CD, the filter driver inserts seemingly random noise into the returned data making the music unlistenable.

XCP.Sony.Rootkit modifies you operating system at a low level, represents a large threat to both corporate and consumer users system integrity.

The Rootkit functionality hides files and enables hackers and other spyware to hide files with impunity.

Scared?

You should be. [...]

Want to cripple your computer?? Just buy this CD. If you want to put it on your iPod, you're outta luck!!

I absolutely loved this album, but because it was "protected" I could not get it on my iPod, and that is where I do almost all of my music listening. So, after much trial and error I discovered a way to get it on there with out doing anything illegal. When you go to "My Computer" on the desktop and go to "Unwritten", it will let you download it onto your computer, so I downloaded it onto the Windows Media Player and then burned off of that, and then that copy will work for iTunes, but if you burn it straight from the "My Computer" area, it will still be "protected", so watch out!

Sony/BMG really did it now. First, they have the gall to treat us like criminals by making their CDs copy-protected. Then, it was revealed that the software they use for copy protection is really spyware that can't be removed without "blue-screening" your PC. Now, virus writers have found a way to exploit this spyware, and they use it to break into firewalls and invade other people's computers. Thanks, Sony! These ass-clowns deserve to get SUED by California and New York and I hope the pay DEARLY for making my life as a music fan so horrible.