As we reported last month, Celine's latest offering - A New Day Has Come
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features copy-protection to prevent it being played and duplicated in a
PC,
and that same copy-protection was believed to be capable of damaging the
PC's firmware. It seems that this is definitely the case, as once the CD
is
inserted into a new iMac it cannot be removed and the machine cannot be
restarted.
This may not be the only CD which could cause the problems. CDR reports
that a number of CDs from Sony-owned companies such as Epic and Columbia
may also pose a threat. These include the soundtrack for Star Wars
Episode
II and discs from Shakira, Jennifer Lopez and Destiny's Child. The CDs
carry a small warning stating 'Will not work on PC/Mac'.
CDR continues to compile a lengthening list of copy-protected CDs and
though not all of them will damage your Mac, some are reported as
delivering poor quality sound when played 'legitimately' in hi-fi
equipment.
Not just her CD's but a great deal of others.
Check these sites out for more information:
You can get a list of which CD's cause this problem from the above
sites.
Be CAREFUL!!!!!
The problem seems to be that the CD's crash the computer and then
disallow
CD to be ejected on reboot. And as we know, in their infinite wisdom,
Apple Computer did away with the ability to eject CD's Manually with a
paper clip. This means, that you have to send your Mac to an Apple
Dealer
for repair to recover from this crash!! By the way, PC's (IBM and
Clones)
are also succumb to this problem.
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