Gary Warzin, president & CEO of Audiophile Systems asserts that both Universal's protection scheme and Sony's key2audio system are easily circumvented and may actually be achieving the opposite of the desired effect.
"With some additional experimentation, I was able, by the end of the following day, to produce perfect MP3 files directly from the original disc without the use of any specialized software utilities. All that was required was a bit of trial and error tweaking of the settings in the popular (and free) MusicMatch MP3 Jukebox software and
39¢ worth of supplies available at any office supply store.(!) The resultant MP3 files were, by the way, dramatically superior to those supplied by Universal for playback by unsuspecting computer users."
hey warzin don't be shy lol. spit it out man, i've got 39¢ & i live near a staples!
- js.