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Anatomy of Cactus Data Shield

Posted by michael on from the prickly-on-the-outside-squishy-on-the-inside dept.

meehawl writes: "This is a good analysis by CDRInfo on the current version of Midbar's Cactus Data Shield. This is the format Universal will use to protect its new audio CDs. It's been reported here already that some DVDs effectively bypass this protection, but this article addresses the specific concerns of how best to backup these protected CDs, and how to extract the music data at high quality for download to a personal MP3 listening device."

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  1. Re:"backup" audio CDs for "personal" use? by astrashe · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I've ripped a couple of hundred of my cd's to my hard disk. I never play cd's -- I use the computer as a jukebox. I have my desktop box plugged into my stereo, and I use my laptop, running vnc over a wireless network, as a remote control.