Yes, interesting, but apparently this is just an interim step. After some personal discussions with sources that I am not at liberty to identify, I can offer the following.

Starting in 2004, a consortium of CD/DVD manufacturers headed by BMG in cooperation with large retailers will integrate date-keyed EAS (electronic article surveillance -- anti-theft) tags into the body of the CD rather than attaching them to (or hiding them inside) the packaging. This EAS tag apparently will be integrated with TOC and track-start bit strings on some sort of steganographic basis.

In 2005 or 2006, this same consortium has contracted with ESA to launch 28-36 low cost, polar-orbiting satellites codenamed "LOSS-P" (Low orbit satellite surveillance program) that will generate medium-power 8Mhz sweeping signals and build coordinate/alarm records that are triggered by EAS-enabled CDs that exceed certain date parameters (generally thought to be 6-12 months).

In 2007 or 2008, RIAA is expected to fund another ESA launch of a mix of polar and geostationary satellites currently code-named "RIP-STOP" (apparently based on a commercial spin-off of the Livermore Labs defunct "Have Red" program) that will generate key-specific, high-power 8Mhz EMP to short out embedded EAS traces and disable out-of-date CDs.

So," Rip 'em if you got 'em".