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List of compact discs sold with Extended Copy Protection
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<h2 id="album-list">Album list</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Title</th><th>Artist</th><th>ItemNumber(s)</th><th><a href="/facts/Universal_Product_Code/eD3Tk7tM">UPC(s)</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Columbia_Record_Club/kGlI74SE">RecordClubNumber</a></th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/12_Songs_(Neil_Diamond_album)/porwAuYu">12 Songs</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Neil_Diamond/ygVICSfv">Neil Diamond</a></td><td>CK94776CK97811</td><td>827969477625827969781128</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/At_This_Time/Xgc4bjcc">At This Time</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Burt_Bacharach/MWS9abrW">Burt Bacharach</a></td><td>CK97734</td><td>827969773420</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Best of Shel Silverstein</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Shel_Silverstein/xVnhnlko">Shel Silverstein</a></td><td>CK94722</td><td>827969472224</td><td>D162100</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Bob_Brookmeyer_and_Friends/GmdgP0Tp">Bob Brookmeyer & Friends</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Bob_Brookmeyer/JEFm8aGF">Bob Brookmeyer</a></td><td>CK94292</td><td>827969429228</td><td>D162087</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Body_Acoustic/TNFQvyeL">The Body Acoustic</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Cyndi_Lauper/hdhpEUbr">Cyndi Lauper</a></td><td>EK94569</td><td>827969456927</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Broken_Valley/vsnusTd2">Broken Valley</a> </i></td><td><a href="/facts/Life_of_Agony/Q91h7PFg">Life of Agony</a></td><td>EK93515</td><td>827969351529</td><td>D161228</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Cautivo/87265kxI">Cautivo</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Chayanne/Hbx60xj4">Chayanne</a></td><td>LAK96819LAK96818LAK95886</td><td>037629681921037629681822037629588626</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Complicated_(Nivea_album)/JNBobrlo">Complicated</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Nivea_Hamilton/mT8tczKG">Nivea</a></td><td>82876671562</td><td>828766715620</td><td>D161353</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Dead_60s_(album)/tHbktkgW">The Dead 60s</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/The_Dead_60s/M6etuVvC">The Dead 60s</a></td><td>EK94453</td><td>827969445327</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Dreamin%2527_My_Dreams_(Patty_Loveless_album)/scdFzqz2">Dreamin' My Dreams</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Patty_Loveless/hHHKHUIR">Patty Loveless</a></td><td>EK94481</td><td>827969448120</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Drum_Suite/NLNNGleA">Drum Suite</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Art_Blakey/w38P1YLX">Art Blakey</a></td><td>CK93637</td><td>827969363720</td><td>D162083</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Essential Dion</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Dion_DiMucci/NGQPN5WA">Dion</a></td><td>CK92670</td><td>827969267028</td><td>D161439</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Essential_Pete_Seeger/UMlR9WKd">The Essential Pete Seeger</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Pete_Seeger/2B3Aj51X">Pete Seeger</a></td><td>CK92835</td><td>827969283523</td><td>D161441</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Faso_Latido/dg4dz1nr">Faso Latido</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/A_Static_Lullaby/7NrB1IhL">A Static Lullaby</a></td><td>CK92772</td><td>827969277225</td><td>D161263</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Foggy_Mountain_Jamboree/u2R2vKRW">Foggy Mountain Jamboree</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Foggy_Mountain_Boys/SRMkjCkB">Flatt & Scruggs</a></td><td>CK92801</td><td>827969280126</td><td>D162400</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Friendship_(Ray_Charles_album)/XCLSAeff">Friendship</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ray_Charles/hXYAFMBb">Ray Charles</a></td><td>CK94564</td><td>827969456422</td><td>D161917</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Get_Right_with_the_Man/Sg7FMlue">Get Right with the Man</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Van_Zant_(band)/766e4xVW">Van Zant</a></td><td>CK93500</td><td>827969350027</td><td>D161459</td></tr><tr><td><i>Golden</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Elkland_(band)/82Rx0BkW">Elkland</a></td><td>CK92036</td><td>827969203620</td><td>D161431</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Great_American_Songbook/cKr7x5fR">Great American Songbook</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Billie_Holiday/ammW1oYr">Billie Holiday</a></td><td>CK94294</td><td>827969429426</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i>Great American Songbook</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Frank_Sinatra/a0f0cEo3">Frank Sinatra</a></td><td>CK94291</td><td>827969429129</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i>Great American Songbook</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Louis_Armstrong/EcRpJ0gw">Louis Armstrong</a></td><td>CK94295</td><td>827969429525</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Healthy_in_Paranoid_Times/yQr1GSgg">Healthy in Paranoid Times</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Our_Lady_Peace/f1q9yWJM">Our Lady Peace</a></td><td>CK94777</td><td>827969477724</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i>I Saw the Light With Some Help from My Friends</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Earl_Scruggs/dzDErtJv">Earl Scruggs</a></td><td>CK92793</td><td>827969279328</td><td>D162399</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Interiors_(Rosanne_Cash_album)/PobotQyM">Interiors</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Rosanne_Cash/K93bdFmB">Rosanne Cash</a></td><td>CK93655</td><td>827969365526</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Invisible_Invasion/snswTcWG">The Invisible Invasion</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/The_Coral/vvDvnhw1">The Coral</a></td><td>CK94747</td><td>827969474723</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Jeru_(album)/DdRuorLJ">Jeru</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Gerry_Mulligan/FX63AVz3">Gerry Mulligan</a></td><td>CK65498</td><td>074646549827</td><td>D162086</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/King%2527s_Record_Shop/dHNddI7F">King's Record Shop</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Rosanne_Cash/K93bdFmB">Rosanne Cash</a></td><td>CK86994</td><td>696998699427</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/G3%3a_Live_in_Tokyo/XUPLm4TH">G3: Live in Tokyo</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/G3_(tour)/bSBrq3fJ">G3</a></td><td>E2K97685</td><td>827969768525</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i>Manhattan Symphonie</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Dexter_Gordon/t73A7TMp">Dexter Gordon</a></td><td>CK93581</td><td>827969358122</td><td>D162084</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Mary_Mary_(album)/WQw9ayq4">Mary Mary</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Mary_Mary/R3UB52ll">Mary Mary</a></td><td>CK94812CK92948</td><td>000768353721827969294826</td><td>D162005</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/My_Very_Special_Guests/U83U3GjS">My Very Special Guests</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/George_Jones/kVuTkYsf">George Jones</a></td><td>E2K92562</td><td>827969256220</td><td>D200250</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Nothing_Is_Sound/Hjlh77NJ">Nothing Is Sound</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Switchfoot/Py5X86Jt">Switchfoot</a></td><td>CK96534CK96437CK94581</td><td>827969653425827969643723827969458129</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/On_ne_change_pas/lDKmQQpj">On ne change pas</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Celine_Dion/2tKuyIFR">Celine Dion</a></td><td>E2K97736</td><td>827969773628</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Phantoms_(Acceptance_album)/GBEfDcPV">Phantoms</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Acceptance_(band)/yV5mkVcv">Acceptance</a></td><td>CK89016</td><td>696998901629</td><td>D161429</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Ride_(Shelly_Fairchild_album)/vs1e93X0">Ride</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Shelly_Fairchild/kskHBR5y">Shelly Fairchild</a></td><td>CK90355</td><td>827969035528</td><td>D161531</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Robbery_(album)/rNElq7r8">Robbery</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Teena_Marie/MG7Rb7Yj">Teena Marie</a></td><td>EK93817</td><td>827969381724</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i>The Season</i></td><td><a href="/facts/Jane_Monheit/3PrJ3N3w">Jane Monheit</a></td><td>EK97721</td><td>827969772126</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Seven_Year_Ache/d2UMmX7A">Seven Year Ache</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Rosanne_Cash/K93bdFmB">Rosanne Cash</a></td><td>CK86997</td><td>696998699724</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Shine_(Trey_Anastasio_album)/bzf45rku">Shine</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Trey_Anastasio/eFEt1Eof">Trey Anastasio</a></td><td>CK96428</td><td>827969642825</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Silver%2527s_Blue/Pdfb15Xz">Silver's Blue</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Horace_Silver/wvntCLhm">Horace Silver Quintet</a></td><td>CK93856</td><td>827969385623</td><td>D162082</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Bette_Midler_Sings_the_Peggy_Lee_Songbook/H87rAj32">Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Bette_Midler/JhEtwJRT">Bette Midler</a></td><td>CK95107CK74815</td><td>827969510728828767481524</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Something_to_Be_Proud_Of%3a_The_Best_of_1999%25E2%2580%25932005/bxFrBFye">Something to Be Proud Of: The Best of 1999–2005</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Montgomery_Gentry/uS5h2oeY">Montgomery Gentry</a></td><td>CK75324CK94982</td><td>828767532424827969498224</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Susie_Suh_(album)/tYRUDrSF">Susie Suh</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Susie_Suh/uo8wgeU8">Susie Suh</a></td><td>EK92443</td><td>827969244326</td><td>D161094</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Suspicious_Activity%253F/AUzVd0hn">Suspicious Activity?</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/The_Bad_Plus/AlpoJxMv">The Bad Plus</a></td><td>CK94740</td><td>827969474020</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/This_Is_Niecy/on8EorR8">This Is Niecy</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Deniece_Williams/jJ7XS4rv">Deniece Williams</a></td><td>CK93814</td><td>827969381427</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Times_Like_These_(Buddy_Jewell_album)/WzQGHLIs">Times Like These</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Buddy_Jewell/004UfPtn">Buddy Jewell</a></td><td>CK92873</td><td>827969287323</td><td>D161532</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/To_Love_Again%3a_The_Duets/TmPHeQv8">To Love Again: The Duets</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Chris_Botti/9vu8QKVq">Chris Botti</a></td><td>CK94823</td><td>827969482322</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Touch_(Amerie_album)/n4umL8Kn">Touch</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Amerie/kwcX3MDz">Amerie</a></td><td>CK90763</td><td>827969076323</td><td>D161365</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Unfabulous_and_More/120FjKrb">Unfabulous and More</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Emma_Roberts/zSUd3fCF">Emma Roberts</a></td><td>CK93950CK97684</td><td>827969395028827969768426</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Unwritten_(album)/bWLJtDqR">Unwritten</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Natasha_Bedingfield/a3VT6aU1">Natasha Bedingfield</a></td><td>EK93988</td><td>827969398821</td><td>D162095</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Vivian_(album)/oN04APWj">Vivian</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Vivian_Green/o7rJtP6z">Vivian Green</a></td><td>CK90761</td><td>827969076125</td><td>D161824</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Walking_Among_the_Living/kjcVTCJV">Walking Among the Living</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Jon_Randall/eucI3A25">Jon Randall</a></td><td>EK92083</td><td>827969208328</td><td>—</td></tr></tbody></table> <p> Note: Three titles — <a href="/facts/Ricky_Martin/sgHRue5T">Ricky Martin</a>, "<a href="/facts/Life_(Ricky_Martin_album)/HeeInx94">Life</a>"; <a href="/facts/Peter_Gallagher/VNy7oYQr">Peter Gallagher</a>, "<a href="/facts/7_Days_in_Memphis/VNy7oYQr">7 Days in Memphis</a>"; and a limited number of “Hidden Beach Presents Unwrapped Vol. 4” — 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012024250/http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html">Sony BMG list of XCP CDs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004144.php">EFF list of XCP CDs</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.idiotabroad.com/2005/11/cds-affected-by-the-sony-bmg-spyware/">Geoffrey McCalebs list of XCP CDs</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051124083534/http://www.idiotabroad.com/2005/11/cds-affected-by-the-sony-bmg-spyware/">Archived</a> 2005-11-24 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Sony officially lists 52 XCP infected CDs & faces a loss of sales". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-07-30. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110722190133/http://www.myce.com/news/Sony-officially-lists-52-XCP-infected-CDs--faces-a-loss-of-sales-11149/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110722190133/http://www.myce.com/news/Sony-officially-lists-52-XCP-infected-CDs--faces-a-loss-of-sales-11149/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Microsoft to Zap Sony DRM Rootkit". eWEEK. 12 November 2005. <a href="https://www.eweek.com/security/microsoft-to-zap-sony-drm-rootkit" target="_blank">https://www.eweek.com/security/microsoft-to-zap-sony-drm-rootkit</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Analysis of the MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System". jhalderm.com. <a href="https://jhalderm.com/pub/cd3/" target="_blank">https://jhalderm.com/pub/cd3/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"CD's Containing XCP Content Protection Technology". Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071012024250/http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20071012024250/http://cp.sonybmg.com/xcp/english/titles.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>