Sony is not the only using this I think, EMI also has their own player with the 3 copy only protection scheme. It never ceases to amaze me how they go out of their way to irritate honest people who purchase their cd, while hackers have those same tunes on the web in no time. After I found out I could not download the EMI Rolling Stones album I legitimately bought to my iPod, I e-mailed them telling them I would no longer buy anything from them, or any company that prevented me from loading to the iPod. That's it for me I will only buy from iTunes from now on, and certainly no Sony artist will get my money for a good long time.

Dominique Digital Cats Media