Following is a list of Sony BMG Music CDs affected by the copy protection software or “rootkit” which creates a security vulnerability, information on Sony’s recall program and further uninstall information. Note that the list is provided by Sony and offered here without guarantee of any sort. There may be additional CDs from Sony or from other vendors with the same or similar programs not on the list.
CD’s Containing XCP Content Protection Technology:
ARTIST ALBUM ITEM NUMBER(S) UPC(S)
1 A Static Lullaby Faso Latido CK92772 827969277225
2 Acceptance Phantoms CK89016 696998901629
3 Amerie Touch CK90763 827969076323
4 Art Blakey Drum Suit CK93637 827969363720
5 The Bad Plus Suspicious Activity? CK94740 827969474020
6 Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook CK95107 CK74815 827969510728 828767481524
7 Billy Holiday The Great American Songbook CK94294 827969429426
8 Bob Brookmeyer Bob Brookmeyer & Friends CK94292 827969429228
9 Buddy Jewell Times Like These CK92873 827969287323
10 Burt Bacharach At This Time CK97734 827969773420
11 Celine Dion On Ne Change Pas E2K97736 827969773628
12 Chayanne Cautivo LAK96819 LAK96818 LAK95886 037629681921 037629681822 037629588626
13 Chris Botti To Love Again CK94823 827969482322
14 The Coral The Invisible Invasion CK94747 827969474723
15 Cyndi Lauper The Body Acoustic EK94569 827969456927
16 The Dead 60’s The Dead 60’s EK94453 827969445327
17 Deniece Williams This Is Niecy CK93814 827969381427
18 Dextor Gordon Manhattan Symphonie CK93581 827969358122
19 Dion The Essential Dion CK92670 827969267028
20 Earl Scruggs I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends CK92793 827969279328
21 Elkland Golden CK92036 827969203620
22 Emma Roberts Unfabulous And More: Emma Roberts CK93950 CK97684 827969395028 827969768426
23 Flatt & Scruggs Foggy Mountain Jamboree CK92801 827969280126
24 Frank Sinatra The Great American Songbook CK94291 827969429129
25 G3 Live In Tokyo E2K97685 827969768525
26 George Jones My Very Special Guests E2K92562 827969256220
27 Gerry Mulligan Jeru CK65498 74646549827
28 Horace Silver Silver’s Blue CK93856 827969385623
29 Jane Monheit The Season EK97721 827969772126
30 Jon Randall Walking Among The Living EK92083 827969208328
31 Life Of Agony Broken Valley EK93515 827969351529
32 Louis Armstrong The Great American Songbook CK94295 827969429525
33 Mary Mary Mary Mary CK94812 CK92948 000768353721 827969294826
34 Montgomery Gentry Something To Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999-2005 CK75324 CK94982 828767532424 827969498224
35 Natasha Bedingfield Unwritten EK93988 827969398821
36 Neil Diamond 12 Songs CK94776 CK97811 827969477625 827969781128
37 Nivea Complicated 82876671562 828766715620
38 Our Lady Peace Healthy In Paranoid Times CK94777 827969477724
39 Patty Loveless Dreamin’ My Dreams EK94481 827969448120
40 Pete Seeger The Essential Pete Seeger CK92835 827969283523
41 Ray Charles Friendship CK94564 827969456422
42 Rosanne Cash Interiors CK93655 827969365526
43 Rosanne Cash King’s Record Shop CK86994 696998699427
44 Rosanne Cash Seven Year Ache CK86997 696998699724
45 Shel Silverstein The Best Of Shel Silverstein CK94722 827969472224
46 Shelly Fairchild Ride CK90355 827969035528
47 Susie Suh Susie Suh EK92443 827969244326
48 Switchfoot Nothing Is Sound CK96534 CK96437 CK94581 827969653425 827969643723 827969458129
49 Teena Marie Robbery EK93817 827969381724
50 Trey Anastasio Shine CK96428 827969642825
51 Van Zant Get Right With The Man CK93500 827969350027
52 Vivian Green Vivian CK90761 827969076125
Notes from Sony:
- Sony will shortly be releasing new versions of these titles without the XCP software. You therefore need to check this list for both the name of the album and the item number (which can be found on the spine of the CD). If the item number is not listed below, your CD does not contain XCP content protection. Please note, DualDiscs do not use XCP content protection and are therefore not included in this program.
- Two titles, Ricky Martin’s “Life” and Peter Gallagher’s “7 Days in Memphis” were released with a content protection grid on the back of the CD packaging but XCP content protection software was not actually included on the albums.
Sony has instituted a recall or “exchange program” which allows CD purchasers to receive a rootkit free replacement CD by mail and to download MP3s of the music on the CD while waiting for the replacement. Details here.
Final note: The web based uninstall program provided for the software actually creates a larger security vulnerability by installing a Visual Basic script called “CodeSupport”. More information, including a CodeSupport detector and information on deleting Code Support, is available from Freedom To Tinker.