Be careful. Your posting here could be construed as a "circumvention device." Maybe you, too, can get a nifty letter from Matt Openheim at the RIAA.
So? He has a legal right to listen to the music he purchased with his Almighty American Dollars. They are selling CD's that don't play on devices which are sold based on their ability to play consumer audio. IANAL, but I believe that the suits at the RIAA can write whatever they want, but the law is on the consumer's side in this case. DeCSS ridiculousness notwithstanding. I think the RIAA is just sore that the AHRA has so many loopholes which favor the consumer. "Seemed like a good idea at the time, huh, suckers?"