Now that I have your attention (almost), my Dad recently bought one of the
so-called copy-protected audio CDs and he is unable to rip it. As he
regularly uses both a Rio while running and has a Rio receiver hooked up
to the downstairs stereo, that's a real pain. I haven't looked at the CD
myself yet so I don't know if I can use the
Sharpie-over-the-corrupt-data-track trick, but has anyone else run into
this and come up with a good solution? There's been a million Slashdot
stories on the problem with no real resolution that I can find. I figured
there would be an answer on this side of the pond if nothing else, but a
Windows workaround would work too. Any ideas? My suggestion was, of
course, to return the CD and write a nasty letter to the company about
selling something labeled as a Compact Disc that does not conform to the
Red Book standard, but that doesn't really fix the problem. Thanks in
advance.
Brian J. Conway
bconway(a)alum.wpi.edu
"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl
is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
- Albert Einstein
