| Adam Unger (QueenVault.com) 12.06.2004 13:04 |
Can anyone give me advice on how to rip copy protected CDs? Are there any programs that can get around the copy protection? Thanks! Adam |
| Penis - Vagina 12.06.2004 14:44 |
I know that if you turn a CD data side up and put it on a plate, insert it into your microwave and give it about 3 seconds, you'll not only get a terrific lightning show, it gets rid of copy protection.* *in fact it eliminates all data |
| Josuè 12.06.2004 14:47 |
l o l |
| YourValentine 12.06.2004 15:06 |
There is a legal tool to copy your legally purchased CD, it's called unCDcopy (in German, sorry). You need 1.)the software, 2.)the EAN code of your CD, 3.) a player which plays the CD and is connected to your computer through a line-in plus 4.)an internet connection to allow the software to find a track list (Schnittdatei). you find the software download here: link The procedure is explained with some useful pictures (again in German!) on this website (if you need some translation send me a message) - please ignore the porn adverts on the website:) link The copy you get is a non-corrupted wav file which will play on any player (unlike your copy controlled original) The procedure is 100% legal but I still think it's better not to buiy copy controlled CDs in order to put an end on this annoying practice. |
| Sonja 12.06.2004 15:19 |
I simply record the tracks on my computer with my not updated real player as MP3 files and burn them on cd. That always worked for me. I don't know anything about special tools, etc. |
| Adam Baboolal 12.06.2004 17:30 |
Didn't they release this huge groundbreaking technology that cost millions to develop and distribute, to stop people ripping cds. And some guy just used a marker pen over the top and it worked!? Or the other one where there's actually some autorun software on the cd that gets loaded onto your computer? Except when you insert the cd you can stop the software by holding down the shift key while the cd spins up! All this DRM crap gets me down. Peace, Adam. |
| willem-jan 8923 13.06.2004 17:35 |
Adam Baboolal wrote: Or the other one where there's actually some autorun software on the cd that gets loaded onto your computer? Except when you insert the cd you can stop the software by holding down the shift key while the cd spins up!Wasn't this guy actually arrested for making this information public? |
| Penis - Vagina 13.06.2004 17:52 |
The issue I have with these discs is not whether you can copy them, though by law you're supposed to be able to make a back-up copy (in the U.S. anyway) I believe.. It's the fact that at least one method actually uses corrupt, error-ridden data which your player is then supposed to correct, the same way it might if the disc had a small scratch.. so they are actually selling defective product that doesn't meet the standards for compact disc at regular prices and that ain't cool. |
| Adam Baboolal 13.06.2004 18:26 |
Damn right, dude. We deserve better. Brian understands this and hates these protected discs. Thank goodness he does, eh? He stopped it being used on the last remasters. Peace, Adam. |
| RainMustFall 13.06.2004 18:27 |
Medicated Droolist wrote: The issue I have with these discs is not whether you can copy them, though by law you're supposed to be able to make a back-up copy (in the U.S. anyway) I believe..No, back-up copies of anything are illegal. |
| Adam Baboolal 13.06.2004 18:33 |
Eh? I've never had a problem with making backup copies. Never got me in trouble. |
| Adam Unger (QueenVault.com) 13.06.2004 19:47 |
I guess it's another way of the music industry labeling their core audience as thiefs. Not really the best way to ensure sales. I usually try to buy CDs for the groups that I really like (this one being Velvet Revolver), as opposed to downloading them. |
| D.Blythe 13.06.2004 19:58 |
Welcome to the world of "you are not supposed to 'rip' a copy protected disc. That is why it is copy protected". If you download or otherwise use software or devices that allow you to circumvent the copy protection, you greatly increase your chances of being busted by the music industry. Ask the five hundred or so that were just served by the music industry for downloading. |
| RainMustFall 13.06.2004 20:15 |
Well, for obvious reasons, Adam, you haven't been caught and punished. But it's more of a moral breech by copying a CD... |
| Carlos 13.06.2004 20:45 |
US copyright laws gives the owner of the CD, cassette or video the right to copy his/her CD, cassette or video for his/her own use not for distribution and selling. So if you had a CD and only had a cassette player in your car you are entitled to copy it but you aren't supposed to sell it. So whoever mentioned this is correct. |
| Adam Baboolal 14.06.2004 07:11 |
Exactly. |
| The Mir@cle 14.06.2004 07:19 |
Not only the US copyright law underlines that. I think it's a worldwide law. |
| Adam Baboolal 14.06.2004 09:46 |
*Clapping* Testify! Testify!! |
| Zander05 14.06.2004 17:35 |
Adam, I have musicmatch and all I do is just scroll down to "CD->Files and then you click whichever songs and hit "record" |
| Adam Unger (QueenVault.com) 14.06.2004 17:46 |
I used music match to attempt to rip this CD. Didn't work. It actually created MP3/WAV files, but they were jittery.. sounded as if they scrambled the entire song. |
| RainMustFall 14.06.2004 19:38 |
Okay, boys and girls. I just grabbed my Queen I CD. Opening up the booklet, on the back where the Hollywood Records label is... just below that is printed: "C&P 1973 & 1991 Hollywood Records... ... ...All rights reserved. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting *prohibited.* Printed in the USA..." |
| RainMustFall 14.06.2004 19:42 |
PS - you can see that right when you open up any Queen album, or probably any other album, for that matter. You also see a similar message in the beginning of DVDs and videos... |
| Penis - Vagina 14.06.2004 20:13 |
RainMustFall wrote: Unauthorized copying,The keyword there is unauthorized. The law states that we are authorized to make a back-up copy for personal use. It also goes for software, DVD movies, etc. Furthermore, some of these companies are putting additional copies of the songs on their discs (files playable on computers) without paying the necessary royalties. They're breaking the law by denying consumers their rights to make one copy and also by including these extra copies of the songs, not to mention by selling defective, corrupt, non-spec 'compact discs' as if they were actual compact discs. Deceptive practices is one term that comes to mind. We'll be seeing lawsuits, settlements and an end to this nonsense soon enough. |
| Adam Baboolal 14.06.2004 22:33 |
Here, here, J. |
| YourValentine 15.06.2004 02:14 |
I agree 100%, Jeff. I am extremely annoyed by this mafia style practice. My CD purchases have dropped 90% over the last year and I would not even buy a new Queen album if it's copy protected and therefore defective. It's just unbelievable that honest customers are used for field studies by companies who initially wanted to fight piracy. |
| Adam Baboolal 15.06.2004 07:24 |
Don't worry, Brian hates it too. :) |
| Whatinthewhatthe? 18.06.2004 18:45 |
Hmm. I wonder if a CDR of all of Queen's albums would be a copyright violation if not sold but shared amongst fans! |
| Penis - Vagina 18.06.2004 21:16 |
HMV has added information that the new Greatest Karaoke Hits will be a CCCD (criminally corrupt compact disc) so they've lost one customer here. |
| Whatinthewhatthe? 18.06.2004 22:20 |
WHAT???? Oh, how revolting! Why after all this time? Is Brian May getting a little paranoid he'll be losing a few pounds (as in Sterling)? Oh, my....what a miser!! |
| Whatinthewhatthe? 18.06.2004 22:27 |
Just checked HMV's website -- almost 33 pounds for the Jewels DVD??? Come ON! What a ripoff! I got mine for $39.99 US dollars! Does the UK mark up imports that much or are import taxes that stiff from Japan?? (The release date of 14 June amuses me too -- Japan released it on 28 April!) |
| YourValentine 19.06.2004 03:52 |
The record company decides to use the copy protection , not the artists. But best-selling artists can demand that their CDs are not copy protected- in Germany some artists do that already. Queen Production should forbid EMI/Parlophone/Hollywood to ruin their CDs but they must be aware of the problem. |
| Penis - Vagina 19.06.2004 12:16 |
I'll still get the DVD and just grab the extra songs from there, in fact if they follow the pattern of the original laserdisc and CD set, the audio will be identical between the two. (Except the DVD actually has extra bonus tracks) (And I'm hoping maybe they've restored the videos and audio to slightly longer lengths, for example the intro to Keep Yourself Alive not fading in until the drums kick in.. kind of annoying) Copy protection on DVDs never has bothered me because it's such a given and has been there since the beginning, no way to fight it and it doesn't actually corrupticise the contents. |