11-05-2005, 11:18 AM
Near as I can tell, the current batch of copy protection stuff is worthless.
On my compy, when I stick in a copy protected music CD to rip it in to iTunes, and it has copy protection, when I load it in to the machine, two CDs will appear on the desk top. They will say Audio CD 1 and the second will either say Audio CD 2 or have a bunch of gibberish as a title. I drag one of them, some times the first, but usually the second with all the gibberish to the trash. It "ejects" the CD. Once I do this, the CD acts just fine and I can access the internet music data base and get all the track listings, art, etc, and rip the CD to mp3. Doing this, I have been able to rip CDs, even those meant to be protected and "impossible" to rip.
A quick resource check of the second CD usually reveals that it is a type of Windows document, meant to be invisible, which is why my Mac can't read it and why the CD protection doesn't work on my machine. And why it shows up as two CDs on the desktop. One is a music CD, the other is a ghosted software CD image burned on to the first.
One thing is evident. Music CD protection is targeted at Windows users. They don't take the fringe dwellers seriously enough to even bother with including a file that would fubar our machines.
On my compy, when I stick in a copy protected music CD to rip it in to iTunes, and it has copy protection, when I load it in to the machine, two CDs will appear on the desk top. They will say Audio CD 1 and the second will either say Audio CD 2 or have a bunch of gibberish as a title. I drag one of them, some times the first, but usually the second with all the gibberish to the trash. It "ejects" the CD. Once I do this, the CD acts just fine and I can access the internet music data base and get all the track listings, art, etc, and rip the CD to mp3. Doing this, I have been able to rip CDs, even those meant to be protected and "impossible" to rip.
A quick resource check of the second CD usually reveals that it is a type of Windows document, meant to be invisible, which is why my Mac can't read it and why the CD protection doesn't work on my machine. And why it shows up as two CDs on the desktop. One is a music CD, the other is a ghosted software CD image burned on to the first.
One thing is evident. Music CD protection is targeted at Windows users. They don't take the fringe dwellers seriously enough to even bother with including a file that would fubar our machines.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."