I own one copy protected CD from the same band, released by Capitol Records Sweden and I don't have any problem when it plays in my computer..
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Stewart Mason 
  To: Roberta Moore ; audities@smoe.org 
  Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 6:07 PM
  Subject: Re: Mando Diao


  At 09:37 AM 7/10/2003 -0400, Roberta Moore wrote:
  >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.

  I realize that it's not your fault, Roberta -- in fact, I specifically
  mention you in the review and how pleasant it's always been to work with you.

  >is listening to the cd in your computer your only way of listening to 
  >music?  do you not have a stereo?

  Yes, of course I have a stereo.  I think there's a total of eight CD
  players in my house -- ten if you count the DVD players.  But that's not
  the point, is it?  There are perfectly reasonable and legal situations in
  which one might want to listen to a CD on their home computer, such as
  wanting to be able to hit rewind to catch a particularly choice line or
  riff while you're writing a review of it without having to leap up and walk
  across the office to do so every ten seconds.  This software wants to
  monitor me like I'm Gary Glitter at a Little League game, even though I'M
  NOT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL.  That is a presupposition of guilt, and it's a
  violation of my rights as a consumer *and* of my relationship with a label
  that has over the last couple of decades meant rather a lot to me.

  Trust me, I sympathize with EMI's desire to fight piracy.  Even as
  poorly-run and ideologically lost as I feel the majority of major labels
  are, I don't want to see them destroyed.  But I'm sorry, I firmly believe
  that installing data miners on people's hard drives is morally and
  ethically wrong, not to mention legally questionable, and I believe it's
  time to take a stand on the subject.  I'm just sorry that it had to happen
  with a company that up until now I've had nothing but warm feelings for.

  S