More Copy Protected CDs?

Mahonrimoriancumer writes "There are a lot of CDs that have been released recently which can't be played on the computer or *laugh* ripped. Apparently only a few markets have the 'copy protected' CDs while the rest don't. Here is a list of some that are 'protected.' Does anyone know of other CDs with this problem?" I own at least one CD on that list and it ripped just fine, so perhaps that are different versions of the CDs on the market

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Re:Another one to the list

[DeadMeat (TM)]

That's because Golden State is an Enhanced CD. Normally Windows shows audio tracks as .CDA files; Winamp registers itself to open these files. Since Enhanced CDs have actual data files in addition to audio tracks, the .CDA virtual files don't show up, and so you can't tell Winamp to open them. It's a problem with Winamp and all Enhanced CDs. Most CD players get around this by not relying on the .CDA filetype and instead reading the table-of-contents directly from the start of the disc, but Winamp unfortunately doesn't. If you manually start the Windows CD player (*shudder*) it should play fine; try it.

Copy-protection shouldn't affect Winamp anyhow since it only affects digital playback, and Winamp uses analog playback (unless you swap out the CD player plugin with one that uses digital ripping).

There are two versions to collect statistics

[jeffmock]

It's pretty clear to me why records companies are distributing both clean and copy protected versions of the same CD. They are collecting statistics on consumer acceptance for the copy protection scheme. They release two versions and then look at the return rates for the two versions to figure out how many people have CD players that reject the copy protection scheme.

jeff

Re:what is wrong with copy protection?

[fmaxwell]

Except, the requirement to use the little CD icon is paying money, not meeting the standard. They never claim to meet the standard anywhere.

If you sell something as a Compact Disc, you are advertising that it meets the standards for a Compact Disc. Philips/Sony licenses the logo, but they do not verify conformity with specs for each item that bears that logo. It is the responsibility of the manufacturers using the logo to assure that the products that they sell meet the specification for audio Compact Discs.

Licensing issues have nothing to do with false advertisement claims. Suppose I license the USB logo and then produce a "USB mouse" that doesn't work with the USB ports on most computers. I would still be guilty of false advertisement even though I licensed the USB logo.

Re:get a mac!

[Incongruity]

This might be one of those times where being a smaller fish in the big computing pond will actually help...apparently the AC who posted the previous comment is right, Macintosh and Linux machines are in fact immune to these problems. Follow this link, read more, and love your non-MS OS.