Copy Protected CDs

Supposedly there's a way around it.

 

For every kind of copy protection, some geek has found a way around it...

Does the magic marker trick still work?

 

Perhaps you can put a piece of tape on it like I do my 5 1/4 diskettes.

j/k

 

There is no such thing as a safe copy protection. It is only a matter of days before the protection is cracked.

 

I thought by law, if you owns the CD, you are entitle to make copies of it as long as you are not giving them away or selling them. So doesn't that make copy protection illegal?

 

The copy protected CDs I've seen rely on installing spyware on your machine via Windows Autorun. You can prevent this from either turning off autorun or holding down the left shift key as you insert the CD media, and then proceed to rip away.

If you've already inserted the CD into your machine, you'll need to search Add and Remove Programs to find the annoying program the CD installed and uninstall it.

 

There is no law saying companies must be REQUIRED to make their CD's copy-friendly. You are legally ALLOWED to make copies for yourself, but there is no law making that a requirement for the manufacturer.

 

My wife couldn't get her new Michael Buble CD to play in our Mac either so this one time where the mac is affected as well.

Then again, that's what she gets for buying Michael freakin Buble Cd's...

 

I tried this and when I put the CD on my iTunes to put on my iPod, the quality was sketchy at best. Kept skipping around.

 

http://www.dvd43.com/

Try that, it says that its for DVDs, but also works for CDs too.

 

That's what happens when you're not fully updated...
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/powermacsuperdriveupdate.html

 

Did you try holding down the shift key while loading the CD?

 

yeah, i basically just pirate them anyway.

 

Did you try holding down the shift key while loading the CD?

I just ripped the new Foo, using the shift key trick and audiograbber.

audiograbber was also able to play the new Foo.

 

Yea I noticed the cd protect as well when I picked up the new Foo Fighters album, thanks for the tricks on getting around it.

 

If all else fails - pipe the output into your soundcards input jack and record to .wav

 

fyi, audiograbber is free. it checksums the rip to .wav, which means that it 100% faithfully rips. did I mention it was free?

 

i bought the new foo a few days ago and was wondering the same thing, but i had no prob loading it into my itunes and then later im'ing it to myself cause I let a friend borrow it.

I guess the copy protection aint so good

 

Buy the CD for your listening pleasure, then download a pirate version for your Ipod. Your concscience is clear and you're on your merry way.

(the music for dummies method)

Here's a converter for those pesky Itunes downloads

www.hymn-project.org/