I had the same problem with Never Gone by the Backstreet Boys initially. I bought it first thing on Tuesday, and when I popped it into my PC, the AutoRun installed MediaMax on my PC to where I could only listen to it using their software. Instead of worrying about doing the Shift trick everytime, I just typed a couple of lines in the command prompt which disabled it entirely, turned AutoRun off, and boom - MediaMax isn't running and never attempts to install or reactivate again. I listen to the CD just fine in WMP, WinAmp, and I can rip it just fine with no problems.
Oh and by the way...initially I picked up the DualDisc version but the CD side would not work at all on my CD-ROM drive. Major letdown. But I just went and bought the standard CD version too and that worked fine (after I disabled MediaMax and all that jazz). Kept the DualDisc version for the sake of the DVD content, but as someone else said, I don't think I'll ever buy a DualDisc again unless there's just some super exclusive content that I want on the DVD side.