07-14-2003, 01:00 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Just Say No To Copy-Protected CDs
http://www.fatchucks.com
I think I am in good company here when I say I abhor copy protected CDs. I simply won't purchase them because it means I can't listen to them on my laptop or Pocket PC. I have started looking at Fat Chuck's site before buying to make sure I don't accidentally get one. Of course, I don't have to worry about this nonsense when I buy from CD Baby, and I do try to avoid the RIAA whenever possible, but the truth of it is, even some of the obscure stuff I listen to has the RIAA's hooks in it.
On that note go to the RIAA's site. :roll: It is not under siege right now so the home page will actually load, though that could change any minute. Look at the front page. There are a few images of artists then words like piracy, illegal, how-to-report piracy and a whole section on legal cases. Yeah, they look like they care about consumers.
:soapbox: But I digress. Buy what you want and don't share it illegally. It really is taking money out of the artists pocket, though if I could pay more artists directly, like I can Aimee Mann I would. Bankrupting the RIAA would just be icing on the cake. Whatever you do though, don't buy anything, no matter how much you like it, if it inhibits you from listening to it when ever and wherever you want!
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07-14-2003, 01:14 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Down with RIAA :!: I want to change my CDs into mp3.
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07-14-2003, 01:18 AM
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I very much dislike copy protected CDs as well. I'm not as much bothered with no being able to play the content on a Pocket PC (having access to a Mac is really a benefit here; I can rip all copy protected CDs, with the exception of the first song in some CDs), but very much bothered by the fact that my old CD player can't handle some of those copy protected CDs. And if a CD can't be played on a CD player, it sucks.
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07-14-2003, 01:55 AM
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I got bit by this. However, with this particular two-CD set (Chimera by Delerium) disc two is not copy-controlled and I was able to rip all but the last two tracks on disc one.
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07-14-2003, 02:25 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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I use Alcohole 120% for ripping copyprotected cds. When I buy a game I like to make copies of it so I dont turn the original one into a floor mat with my abusive hand of destruction. I do this for my audio cds too for the card since I will toss them about when looking for one. This program seems to work 99.9% of the time and they keep it updated pretty good. I heard about this on the screensavers savers show one night and tried it out.
Here is the link for it
http://www.alcohol-soft.com/
Hope this helps for some of the cds you want and cant find without some little dumb riaa crap mixed in it
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07-14-2003, 03:06 AM
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Sage
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RIAA is just just like any other mafia trying to line its pockets. IFor me it will be a cold day in hell, and I will ski it first, before I buy another CD they are pimpin'.
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07-14-2003, 03:27 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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While it's not right for everyone, I'm using a subscription service called Rhapsody (owned by Real). It seems to work really well for my purposes, and has a good selection of the music I listen to (Alternative Rock). Making a CD is easy too, I just drag and drop the music into the "Burn CD" box, and click burn. It charges me $.80 per song that I burn, which I think is very reasonable. You also can listen to an unlimited amount of music per month, which is great (some service's like AOL's only allow 20 downloads and 20 streams per month). Anyway, if you're thinking about going legit, I'd strongly suggest Rhapsody. They've got a preview version of their software which limits music to first 30 seconds, as well as limits your radio selections and streams them at 20k.
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07-14-2003, 03:31 AM
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When a favourite band of mine recently went to copy protection of a particularly egregious sort, where it automatically installs a 'player' on the PC, I got a little bit upset. Then I started up Audio Grabber, used a line-out from my standalone CD player, and recorded each track very nicely thank you very much. With preset levels carefully set, AG separates the tracks accurately, and as it recorded I just typed in the track names. Protection? As long as there's a line-out on my CD player I think not.
Thing is, I just about never use my stereo, unless I'm running a line out from my iPAQ. My CD collection has a lot more dust than fingerprints. So when I pay $24 for a locally produced independent release, I expect to be able to rip it and listed from a CF card, period. Seems more and more little companies disagree. Oh well, whatever. Doesn't take having a big brain, criminal tendencies, nor even a Mac to grab MP3 tracks, just a little time, once.
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07-14-2003, 04:03 AM
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Here, here, Ed!!
I had made this decision long before you made your post; but I agree 100%. I will never buy a CD that is copy protected. I want to be able to listen to my music where and when I want, in the format that I want it in. I want it in mp3, or WMA or what ever, and I want it on my Pocket PC, or my Rio or what ever animal I want it on.
Thanks for making this post. I agree with everything you've said.
Christopher Spera
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07-14-2003, 04:50 AM
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Actually, you're not taking money away from the artist. They get paid up front for their efforts. Unless they make a deal to get a percentage of the sales, which I believe rarely, if ever happens. They have a contract to make a certain number of albums and are paid for that.
You take money from all the middlemen and upper ups. The music industry has had to clean up it's act for a very long time. SO much waste and bloated incomes. $15 for an album. I don't think so.
I won't buy copy protected CD's. EVER.
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