Has anyone seen this on your stereo. In your cd or car player. Any ideas of making a usable copy which is currently impossible as far as I can tell. I have a replicator which won’t copy it.

How many have seen this?

What exactly do you mean? Do you mean a CD that can’t be copied/ripped?

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Yes some form of copy protection.

Why did you create a poll?
Do you want to create copy protected CDs or want to copy a CD?

Is English your first language? If no, that would be a hint as to why you're so hard to understand.

From the LQ rules: Reported.

Audio CD's are made in a very specific form in order that even the oldest players can play them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compac..._Digital_Audio

If the CD is anything other than that it may have some issue.

While your country may allow some sort of copying that complies with fair use or such, LQ usually doesn't get involved with specific ways. The internet is full of ways to bypass this stuff. I however would determine what kind of disc it is and how it was made.

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I have a music collection of oldies. I have been noticing more and more copy protection. When I try to make copies on the computer or with replicator they fail. I merely wanted to know if anybody has seen this. Could our enjoyment of copying be changing. I think I have even seen CDs remanufacturing with copy protection. This isn’t going to fall away or slip between the cracks. It’s not written anywhere which to makes it real news. I just wanted to know what LQ thinks!

Fred27377, you are walking a fine line. We can discuss how CD's are made (or you can look at wiki for clues.)

I can't really let others comment on ways to bypass copy protection. You can't continue asking.

That wasn’t my message. My message was have you seen this trend. I wasn’t going to do anything illegal. Really!

The wiki posted some ways that companies have used to protect copying.

Without knowing the technical details on your disc I can't venture to guess.
You haven't mentioned the exact disc. You haven't mentioned any sort of diag to this or tests to prove it's the disc.


I have tried to copy many things in the past. Used to use BeOS to copy audio disc's as it had that ability built in.
I've had disc's that had a pinhole scratch in silver top that would foil the copy. Just have no idea if your problem is local or as posted in Wiki. Did you read that article?

I have almost forgotten about that copy protection. I buy CD or DVDs occasionally, but not in a shop or ebay or similar but on a festival or concert, directly from the band. I always put them onto a pendrive because there is no CD player in my car (or home). Actually I have only one CD/DVD player in my PC.

The CD in question is The Pretenders - The singles. I have tried to copy it with a replicator but to no avail. I will try to copy it in a laptop.

Does it say Sony?

You should read that wiki page.

I have never had a CD that I could not rip on my computer. Neither a DVD.
But they can't be normally copied, one needs to use ripping software.
Putting the term "rip cd" in your package manager's search function should return something OP can try. Have you searched? Have you tried?

That said, I don't see a "trend" in CDs because around here CDs are pretty much over. People are selling them off for really low prices or just dumping them at thrift stores. And even there they don't sell. I took a whole pile home for nothing. And I'm talking about rare stuff and proper releases, not any cheapo compilations that probably never cost more than 5€ to start with.