I think I just found my first copy protected CD
#1
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
I think I just found my first copy protected CD
I bought the special edition of The Cure's "Greatest Hits" album this past weekend - simply for the all acoustic 2nd disc. I just got around to listening to the disc (brand spankin' new out of the package) and found that my CD-ROM drive on my computer won't accept the disc as a music CD. It "skates" over the tracks playing bits here and there, but won't play any track all the way through.
There's absolutely no scratching on the data side of the disc.
I suppose I'll have to wait till I get home to check it on my stereo. But I have a feeling I just stumbled onto my first copy protected disc.
Anyone have similar problems?
I searched around the net and found that many new Elektra discs seem to have the same glitch.
There's absolutely no scratching on the data side of the disc.
I suppose I'll have to wait till I get home to check it on my stereo. But I have a feeling I just stumbled onto my first copy protected disc.
Anyone have similar problems?
I searched around the net and found that many new Elektra discs seem to have the same glitch.
#2
DVD Talk Legend
I would return it to the store, tell them that it doesn't play on your CD player (don't tell them that it won't run on the computer unles they specifically ask).
They'll tell you to get another one.
The next day take the second one back and tell them the same thing, get another copy.
After the second one, tell them that it still won't play on your CD player and you want a refund. They may try it on their CD player and it will work fine, explain that your CD player is hooked through your computer and that you don't have a conventional CD player. See what they say.
I am assumeing that the outside of the case does not say anything like "will not work on PCs".
They'll tell you to get another one.
The next day take the second one back and tell them the same thing, get another copy.
After the second one, tell them that it still won't play on your CD player and you want a refund. They may try it on their CD player and it will work fine, explain that your CD player is hooked through your computer and that you don't have a conventional CD player. See what they say.
I am assumeing that the outside of the case does not say anything like "will not work on PCs".
#3
DVD Talk Hero
Maybe I'm being really dense here, but why copy protect a greatest hits CD? All of the songs on it will already be out in the ether anyway.
Of the course the two new ones won't -- the ones everyone who will be buying a whole CD of material they already own for.
Of the course the two new ones won't -- the ones everyone who will be buying a whole CD of material they already own for.
#4
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Originally posted by Josh-da-man
Maybe I'm being really dense here, but why copy protect a greatest hits CD?
Maybe I'm being really dense here, but why copy protect a greatest hits CD?
#5
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
One other thought/question:
Did the problem cd contain an official CD Audio logo? These are generally located imprinted in the plastic below where the cd sits in the jewel box.
The people who control that copyright are having serious issues with the possibility that non-standard cds will have that logo.
Did the problem cd contain an official CD Audio logo? These are generally located imprinted in the plastic below where the cd sits in the jewel box.
The people who control that copyright are having serious issues with the possibility that non-standard cds will have that logo.
#6
DVD Talk Gold Edition
right now the only copy-protected cd that the labels have said publicly is Fast and the Furious 2 soundtrack.
it does say that it's protected on the back of the cd
they announced it a couple months ago.
also a Universal disc by new rapper Pretty Willie and it also says it on the back of the cd.
it does say that it's protected on the back of the cd
they announced it a couple months ago.
also a Universal disc by new rapper Pretty Willie and it also says it on the back of the cd.