The new Backstreet Boys album "Never Gone" is protected wi= th the MediaMax software

The new Backstreet Boys album "Never Gone" is protected with the MediaMax software. However, = the protection has gotten trickier by installing itself upon displaying the lic= ense agreement even if you disagree with the agreement.

If you allow the MediaMax software to even show= you the license agreement when you insert the Backstreet Boys "Never Gone" album the MediaMax software will automatically install itself without your consent regardless of whether you accept the agreement or not.

If you let the software agreement show because you didn't know the CD was c= opy protected do the following:

Click Start, Run, and type: command

Now type in the following:

net stop sbcphid
del %systemroot%\system32\drivers\sbcphid.sys

The driver will now be disabled and you can rip your CD fine.

To disable the autorun function so this softwar= e can never be installed on your again go to this web site and following the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q155217/

I am fed up with these labels messing with my fair-use rights like this. I = buy the album, I should be able to rip it without ha= ssle. And I'm pretty sure that since it installs software automatically without my consent that there could be legal problems for BMG and MediaMax.