Sony pulls XCP CDs, offers to replace bought copies with regular CDs
We're not entirely sure why Sony had to wait this long to do it, but after the lawsuits, the feet-in-mouth, the suspended production and patches, and the general blizzard of really awful PR, looks like Sony's finally gotten to what should have been step one: pull the freaking CDs, and offer to replace them with regular CDs for those who've already bought. Apparently four million of these XCP copy-protected CDs were manufactured and 2.1 million have been sold to date — looks like this might pinch 'em in the pocketbook more than a little, but if this whole fiasco is what it takes to teach the industry a lesson about the pitfalls of poor practices in DRM, then so be it. More importantly, though, now we can finally listen to some serious Van Zant with peace of mind.
