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Copy-Protected CD's From '89 and '96?

Posted by Cliff on from the copy-protection-or-system-errors dept.

Don Symes asks: "In ripping my CD library (MP3c -> cdparanoia -> bladeenc), I've run across a couple of CDs that, when played as MP3s, produce a white noise "fet-fet-fet-fet" at about 2 to 3 pulses a second. The CDs in question are Ani DiFranco, _Ani DiFranco_, Righteous Babe Records, 1989; and Israel Philharmonic, _60th Anniversary Gala_, RCA, 1996. Are these early examples of copy protected CDs, or an encoding artifact/settings issue?" Has anyone else found rip-proof CDs in there collection that exhibit this behavior? Has anyone successfully ripped any of the problem CDs listed, either here or in the comments (if so, what did you have to do)?

2 of 19 comments (clear)

  1. bad CDs by ameoba · · Score: 5, Informative

    It sounds to me like you're talking about the noise that CDParanoia introduces when working with scratched CDs that it can't repair. Perhaps it could handle it a bit more gracefully, but that's what you get.

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  2. Doubt it by Outland+Traveller · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you read the fine print on Ani's "Righteous Babe Records" CDs you will see that they are quite permissive with regard to copying.

    It is highly unlikely that these CDs would be part of any CD-based copy control scheme.