My days of being a "computer genius" are long gone, so when I read up on some stuff, I'm often very confused. It seems that Sony has put some sort of digital rights management code on all their BMG CDs. It doesn't affect anything if you use it on a normal CD or DVD player, but if you try to play a BMG CD on your computer, the DRM software automatically installs and creates sever vulnerabilities in your system. DRM is stupid to start off with, of course. Once I've paid for content, there should be no restrictions on my use of that content, but DRM software, in an effort to stem piracy, goes much further and actually takes control of something you've paid for. Sony has made it so you think you are buying a CD, but in fact all you are doing is renting some music for as long as Sony deems it ok for you to have it. Anyway, Sony finally backed down and said they won't put this particular DRM on CDs anymore, and you can use their uninstaller to uninstall it. This creates further problems, however, as the uninstaller leaves you even more open to hackers than the DRM itself did.