Evidently, the Beastie Boys think what I want is another reason not to listen to them. Really, I thought I already had quite enough of those.
Short version: If you buy the new Beastie Boys CD and you live outside of the United States, you need to read that story before you put it in your computer.

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

Again, Linux is your friend.
For what it is worth, I have also been able to rip previously
locked CD’s in Linux without a problem.
I wonder why the Beasty Boys of all groups would want to go
through all this trouble….