Just bought a CD online, and it turned up and is Pc protected, anyone know a way around this, or do I have to return the album and download it for free instead?

 

[i would rather actually own it]

Blink said:

Just bought a CD online, and it turned up and is Pc protected, anyone know a way around this, or do I have to return the album and download it for free instead?

 

[i would rather actually own it]

 

Do a Google search... IIRC there's something about taking a black marker to the very edge of the CD that gets you around this. Just so you can make a legal backup, of course.

IS it the very OUTSIDE, or INSIDE? It basically says block out track 1

I believe it's the very outside, although you write a CD from the inside out...

 

Gimme 2 mins...

Click here for info from The Register - it's the outer ring.

My thoughts exactly, and am on dial-up, so any hunting is VERY slow

Much weirdness, I started blanking out track 1, and ran out of ink in my marker, so wiped it clean with a bit of tissue, and now my CD player is recognising it fine, and allowing me to rip it to my Hard Drive!!! weird, but working

 

OK, it is only ripping at 5x instead of 16x but it seems to be ripping OK

another way round this is to record the cd in a package like cool edit ( yeah you have to play it at normal speed and re-track it ) then you can do what you like with it, all depends on how desperate you are

blind read and blind write

 

u risk f*cking up the cd otherwise

Phil_raa said:

blind read and blind write

 

u risk f*cking up the cd otherwise

 

What is blind read and blind write?

Blink said:

Phil_raa said:

blind read and blind write

 

u risk f*cking up the cd otherwise

 

What is blind read and blind write?

 

www.blindwrite.com

 

utility to copy more cd's than other software sometimes lets u do

Interesting. Would I be correct in assuming that it actually copies the copy-protection too?