from BoingBoing:

"Update: Ian sez, "Hi, I'm not sure who posted re: Beastie Boys copy protection, but I just spoke with Mike D and their management and they wanted me to pass along that a) This is all territories except the US and UK -- US and UK discs do not have this protection on them; b) All EMI CDs are treated this way, theirs isn't receiving special treatment; c) They would have preferred not to have the copy protection, but weren't allowed to differ from EMI policy." "

angus wrote:
] I love the Beastie Boys but I hope this is not true and/or
] they didn't know about it. Basically the story relates that
] the new BB's CD and some rumored copy protection that is
] really is more like malware. "Check, check, check it out!"

RE: Say it Ain't So Boys