Nora Jones new CD -- Copy Protection -- YIKES

So what happens if you want to rip it to iTunes because that IS your music system? I haven't tried it yet on my Mac, but I don't want to stick this album in the CD drive on my iBook and have it crash.

Anyway, the large record companies don't care about sonics. it's all about the money. What, you think they are in the music business because they like music?

On the MAC, you don't quite rip the CD to iTunes. You must first create a "playlist" in Tunes and then, copy the CD to the playlist. If the CD has copy protection, the MAC goes through the motions of copying, but when you play your playlist back, all you get is a few seconds of static and then, no sound at all. It does not crash the MAC. So, it is not a Windows thing ... it affects the MAC world, as well. I have an eMAC and I doubt that this would be much different with the Power Book. It is amazing how many discs are copy protected ... for instance, like Matthew Sweet's catalog.

Regards, Rich

Well, I just tried to rip the CD using WMP9 and it failed. I will be on the phone first thing tomorrow to blue note demanding my refund. If I can't listen to it on my computer I don't want it.