Suggesting a way around CD copy protection

I guess some music artists don’t really like this new CD copy protection scheme too:

Artist Suggesting Ways Around Copy Protection

"Switchfoot's new album Nothing Is Sound shipped from Sony with copy protection software on the CD, much to the dismay of thousands of iPod-wielding fans. The band posted a response on their official forum apologizing for the protection and detailing ways to circumvent the protection and rip their songs to PC. Switchfoot linked to open-source program CDex's download page with instructions on disabling the autorunning protection and ripping the files to MP3. Many of Switchfoot's fans have been upset by the copy protection measures, and it's nice to know the artists seem to care about the issue."

It’s great to hear from a music artist suggesting such a way around the protection... Now the following may be some old news, but I only heard about it today while at university:

Mice infected with plague missing from lab

From the article:

Three mice infected with the bacteria responsible for bubonic plague apparently disappeared from a laboratory about two weeks ago, and authorities launched a search though health experts said there was scant public risk.

It may not have a high public risk, but the idea that such a thing occurred is kinda scary.