I drive a 1990 Lincoln, most days. No black box, great ride... I use a Mac for the same reason.
I am not a ripper, so I have no idea how to do it, anyways. My daughter (16) does a lot of CD copies, and has not had any problems, that I know of...
Apparently not on the Mac, but they seem to have installed their software surreptitiously on Windows machines.
Me...I use Linux, and I don't listen to popular music, so it's not really any concern of mine, except that I don't like the idea of not enforcing the law against favored people/organizations.