maybe i'm getting soft in my old age.

i popped in the CD, ripped the tracks, started listening to it, and then looked at my desktop. and realized that two sessions were pressed onto the CD. i didn't notice anything about extra features on the cover [but then again, as it is later evident, i didn't notice anything on the cover], so i was pertubed.

and, lo and behold. it contained applications with which you listen to the CD. i made the connection immediately--this disc must be copy protected.

and so it was. i cannot believe that Doves buys into the whole copy protection thing. well, i've ripped the tracks and i've watched the special features on the included DVD that i wanted to watch, and it's going back to HMV.

i mean, copy protection is the very reason why i've yet to buy a radiohead album--most of the recent ones are protected. i like Doves, but hate copy protection more.

i should have just gotten Amnesiac, Debut, First Band On The Moon, or Our Litte Corner Of The World. here's hoping that the non-special edition isn't copy-protected, for Dove's sake.