The problem is whenever you put the CD in the drive it wants to launch the Bandlink program. If you disable autorun, the bandlink software will not run. I never installed the Bandlink software, so I have not accessed any of the bonus material. I guess, now that I've ripped it to my external Hard drive, I could install the Bandlink software and access the bonus material. I just don't want to install another media player on my machine to listen to one song. I've been in the computer business for over 25 years; one thing I learned is the less software you install on your PC, the better it runs.
Norah Jones CD NOT copy protected - Media Player
Good news - the Norah Jones CD is not copy protected. The problem is that the Bandlink software can get a little weird and break windows media player. After a few calls to Blue note somebody finally gave my number to Cedric at CDIntelligence, the distributer for the Bandlink software. He was very polite and knowledgable and after about 20 minutes I was able to figure out how to get it to play. On some windows xp PC's you might have to disable autorun to prevent then Bandlink software from launching. After I did this (in the registry - don't go there) the CD booted up fine and I was able to play it. I was even able to rip it to my music hard drive.
Blue Note (EMI) is taking a different approach to preventing illegal copying. They are giving you extra content to encourage you to buy the CD. In fact, if you intall the Bandlink software, you can get access to a bonus track and other material.
I was surprised to have someone call me at 7pm to help me with my problem. I didn't expect to have anyone return my call. Especially from a big record company like EMI.
Anyway, I hope this helps other people that were having the same issue.
Blue Note (EMI) is taking a different approach to preventing illegal copying. They are giving you extra content to encourage you to buy the CD. In fact, if you intall the Bandlink software, you can get access to a bonus track and other material.
I was surprised to have someone call me at 7pm to help me with my problem. I didn't expect to have anyone return my call. Especially from a big record company like EMI.
Anyway, I hope this helps other people that were having the same issue.