> We forget that the labels also consider that piracy. For a while there were attempts to make CDs un-rippable.
One of these attempts that I assume most people are familiar with but is an interesting read for those that aren't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...
And of course Sony was involved
Sony has so often footgunned itself it is comical. Occasionally great engineering hobbled by terrible business choices