copyright protection cds

[when 4ever ends]

okay ive posted this in the general section too but .. the thread isnt surviving so here it goes

ive noticed that some people have had trouble burning some of there cds or just putting them onto there ipod.. well on a pc it can be avoided by holding the shift key and then putting the cd into your computer

i found this from another forum i belong to at ipodlounge.com

I bought the Darkness album a few weeks ago as well, but only because I didn't really pay attention and didn't see the protection logo. Then on Saturday I went out to get the Kings of Leon album, and because the sleeve is white and the copy protection logo is light gray again I didn't see it! All of BMG's new releases are now protected http://www.bmg-copycontrol.info/

The following is about the best report on Cactus 200 copy protection I found. With it I had no problems getting around it - all you need is the right hard- and software. http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Art...%20200&index=0. It also explains really well how the protection works (or not ).

I did have to get a lend of a good CD burner from work, it doesn't work with every drive. You can rip the tracks right off the original (so-called) CD's using Feurio! CD Writer http://www.feurio.com but I'm not so convinced of the quality of the tracks. A better way is to get CDClone (21-day evaluation copy) http://www.elby.ch/en/products/clone_cd/index.html, make a backup of the album as a Music CD and all the crap is stripped from it - no more copy protection. I then used EAC to rip the tracks, and the error correction lights didn't even flicker once for either album.


another way is

1. Cut small pieces of tape.
2. Stuck them to the 'copyright' track of the CD. (see pic below)
3. Inserted the CD in my computer
4. After some seconds of spinning the CD is now recognised as an "audio CD" rather than a "data CD"
5. Start iTunes (you can of course use any program you like)
6. Rip as Mp3
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/avertdisaster/cd.jpg


here is the thread on the ipodlounge website

http://forums.ipodlounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4032&perpage=15&highlight=copyright%20protection&pagenumber=5

you may have to sign up to read it.. not sure but theres aroiund 14 pages of people making attempts and posteing how to get around it..

i thought this would get more looks cause everyone is having a problem with it..


another website is...

http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2003Oct/gee20031007022099.htm

[AlecMarino]

or you can just use soul seek but thanks for this how the fuck does someone figure out to put tape on it lol

[when 4ever ends]

lol i dont know

but how are people going to start putting it on soulseek if they cant rip them in the first place..that was why i posted this

as a result i have a new picture in my sig

[trinekat]

a far easier way is to use a black Sharpie pen... and use a circular template that fits the ring of the copyright track.

a few years ago there was another sort of cd protection that used the outermost layers in the cd, and all you have to do is use a pen to damage it... this is still around, although i don't remember the name of this cd pretection mechanism...

Also Golden Hawk's CDRwin program can copy disks bit by bit, including the copy, if you have the proper hardware. (It's not cheap... more for mastering). They also have a bunch of msdos utilities that may work too.

[xh0peLeSsx]

wow thanx for the info helps alot

[urowndisaster52]

why is this in the edu forum? I understand that you are teaching this to everyone, but the edu forum is for school related stuff

[when 4ever ends]

because noone looked at it in the general forum and it dosent belong in the entertainment forum.. so i put it here

[ShoeSh1ne]

or you can just use soul seek but thanks for this how the fuck does someone figure out to put tape on it lol

If you cover it up such as tape, sharpie, or even scratching a certain part of the disc, it won't read.

[IAmCountryMusic]

i dont even pay for cds anymore, so i dont need to worry

[mylkhead]

Yeah I bought the A Static Lullaby - Faso Latido CD ( waste of money no matter how you look at it ). It installed copy protection on my computer and I couldn't figure out how to get rid of it. It took me 4 hours to finally rip the tracks into itunes. Its a long story......

[funnytalkinfish]

so how do you no where to stick the bits of tape?

[adelphi_rocks]

it's a little ring around the cd, it's separate from the music

[jawkneephighv]

Bit
Torrent

[richter915]

Bit
Torrent
I'm not well versed in this topic but u have a great username.

[jawkneephighv]

I'm not well versed in this topic but u have a great username.
It's my Jedi name. :lsvader:

[brandnizzle32]

its ok

[ActorInThisPlay]

or you can just use soul seek but thanks for this how the fuck does someone figure out to put tape on it lol

what exactly is soul seek and what is the website for it?

[R7265ab]

Soulseek is a p2p program, it's really good for finding whole albums. It's good for leaks and rare material as well.

http://www.slsknet.org/
People "tell" me that Bit torrent is better and is where stuff gets leaked first..

[brandnizzle32]

fuck yea