Charles Hill notes that the music industry is up to no good:

Those wonderful folks at Macrovision claim they have a "99-percent" effective copy-protection system for music CDs. A CD thus protected will demand to be run on Windows Media Player, which will then offer (yeah, right) to install Macrovision's Active Software Protection program, which blocks rippage and cloning.

The Reg goes on to claim:

The upshot, says Macrovision, is that users are forced to used [sic] WMP [Windows Media Player], which invokes the installer. This time round, users are asked if they want to install a "licence" on their PC, but on goes Macrovision's Active Software Protection (ASP) code too, which actively blocks rippers and cloners. To be fair, Macrovision is keen to stress that the on-screen installation information admits that ASP is there, but how many users will take the time to read it, rather than dashing straight for the OK button, we wonder?

So let me get this straight. The music industry is going to partner with Microsoft to ensure that all music CDs will only work on their integrated Windows Media Player. WMP will, in turn, make sure that the computer blocks access to third party player software. (Note how they dubiously assume that all other software consists solely of "rippers and cloners".)

Can we say ANTITRUST. Has Microsoft learned NOTHING from their anti-trust lawsuit? If they buy into this, they deserve to be broken up.

Here's an idea: Next time I'm in a music store, why don't I just bend over, drop my pants, and let them give it to me up the ass. That is obviously what the RIAA wants to do.