Sony XCP? What is it? I need help with it!

Question

I just bought a cd and it is protected with XCP something... I can only listen to it with this XCP player but it's not letting me download it to iTunes. And I need to download it to iTunes! And I own a Mac by the way... I need as much help as I can get!

Answer 1

http://pcpitstop.com/spycheck/sonyxcp.as...

In March 2005, Sony's BMG music division began shipping music CDs that included a particularly strong form of digital rights management (DRM) software called XCP. These CDs play normally in a standard CD player, but when inserted into a PC they will attempt to install the DRM software onto the PC. The software limits the number of copies you can make and prevents transfer of the music to some music players such as the Apple iPod.

If you played any of the more than fifty CDs that Sony shipped with XCP software, and you accepted the license screen that appeared on your PC after you inserted it in your drive, the rootkit was installed.

Sony were forced to bring out an uninstaller.

http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/update...

Your own security will be able to find and remove this

rootkit as Sony were forced to cooperate with all vendors.

If you bought this legitimately you will get a refund or can

exchange it for the same without Sony's rootkit.

http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles...