The following also talks about damage from these type of CD's.

<http://news.com.com/2100-1023-936527.html>

Bob





Dark Servant wrote:
> 
> I wonder. Would it be able to crash the stable environment of OS X or
> would it only be able to target OS 9?
> 
> Ruben A. Franke
> 
> > I don't know from first hand experience, but I am told that it
> > doesn't only affect the Mac. and you can bypass it by applying a
> > black marker pen to the outer perimeter of the CD.
> >
> >> Is the following article correct in saying that the Sony "anti-piracy"
> >> methods "[snip] only crashes Apple Macs, so that's hardly an angry mob
> >> [snip]":
> >>
> >> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/15/1023864366683.html
> >>
> >> It appears curious that Sony would only take measures against the Mac
> >> platform when it's highly cited that the MS platform is more widely
> >> used.
> >> Anyone have any follow up info on this (I frequently listen to CD's in
> >> my
> >> iMac whilst surfing/programming/Quaking)?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Richard
> >>
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