I have a stand alone CD burner plus a soundcard with digital inputs. I assume the rootkit code would not be part of the music data so a bit-for-bit transfer to a CD-R on the stand alone should be safe but maybe not? Running a CD player directly into my soundcard's digital input may be safer.

I don't own any of these CDs but any new Sony CDs I buy in the future I will record on the stand alone via its analog inputs just to be safe. Whatta PITA