Thanks! Bobby
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:37 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Copy protected CDs On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Bobby Heid wrote: > I was going to send it back because I normally refuse to buy > copy-protected CDs, but the wife wanted to keep it. > > My question to ya'll is: Is this the kind of protection that can be > overridden with the black marker? If so, is it the inside or outside > track that I need to blacken? The 2 common methods of copy protection are an autorun which runs a DLL which refuses to allow the computer to rip the file, or a bad TOC on the outside edge of the Disk (Where an "updated" TOC would go on a Multiple session CD-R). If it is CD3 version of copy protection: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/ Chances are it's actually the Bad TOC version of copy protection though. There is a list of known copy protected albums here http://hotbuttereddeath.ubersportingpundit.com/archives/001184.html Anyways, if you search for the Album name you might be able to figure out what kind of protection it is, and disable it when you find the method needed. Christopher Fisk -- You know something, folks, as ridiculous as this sounds, I would rather feel the sweet breath of my beautiful wife on the back of my neck as I sleep than stuff dollar bills into some stranger's G-string. -- Homer Simpson, Homer's Night Out
