I found this on Michel's site, thought I might as well share about it, since I've not as yet gone off on one about this particular topic - and thankfully the site does it for me.
As bad and as futile/alienating as product activation - stupidity worthy of complaint - return such tripe to the stores as a sign of your protest.
Apparently the Michelle Branch album isn't protected in the US, as it is in the UK. So I might actually get it.
I would put a button on my main page, but unfortunately the buttons are a bit ugly - I'll probably put one in the Links page though.