This is probably one of the most technically incompetant protection systems. Lots of CD-R software disable the 'Auto insert notification' anyway. Besides, diabling the autorun feature is three clicks away using TweakUI. What were guys at SunComm smoking? And to cap it all, they are going after the student citing
DMCA Violations - for telling you about using the 'Shift' key.
Just another example of how stupid the DMCA is and how it could be misused to curtail free speech.