> hi stewart - i am sorry that you had trouble listening to the mando 
> diao cd.  unfortunately, my hands are tied as this is the policy that 
> is implemented by our parent company, EMI.
>
> is listening to the cd in your computer your only way of listening to 
> music?  do you not have a stereo?

You might want to relay to EMI that your customer base is annoyed by 
their limiting their customer's usage of a product they have PURCHASED. 
There are a lot of people out there who use their computers as a primary 
means of listening to music. They have a right to listen as they please, 
and also have the LEGAL right to make a backup copy in case of loss, 
damage or theft of the disc. The copy protection obviously isn't working 
anyway since several people have found ways around it. So it isn't 
stopping any sharing on P2P networks... it's only inconveniencing and 
irritating the paying customers and ultimately will cost you more sales.

Ryan