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Originally Posted by redlemon
First off, the term is "ripping", not "burning". Burning is when you write data to a CD, ripping is when you read data off of a CD and convert them to computer-readable files.
There'll be a way around it, I'm sure.
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That's true...the article does seem to be talking about protection from ripping CDs, not burning copies of them. But, it does seem to say that it protects from both:
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The technology stops people "ripping" music CDs to create high-quality digital copies on a computer hard disc or for downloading to a portable player.
The system also prevents people creating digital files from the CD to swap over the internet or copying music onto a blank CD - although it would still be possible to make a poor quality copy by converting the analogue output into digital code.
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When you read though how this protection works, I'm not sure why you wouldn't still be able to burn a copy of the disc...at least if you have two CD-drives and you are copying directly from one CD to another. When you are doing that, aren't you just making an exact digital copy of the code onto another disk, meaning the burnt CD would have the protection as well from ripping?
I wish I knew which album has been released with this protection....I'd kinda like to buy it and see what happens.