[Floh]

Is there a way to get audio-files (MP3 or something else) from copy-protected audio-cd´s in MacOSX or MacOS9?
Under MacOS9 these disks don´t get mounted at all. Under OSX they are mounted but the data can´t be copied. So I guess there is a better chance to get this done under OSX than OS9.
Any ideas???

[bluedog]

I've never come across an audio CD I couldn't duplicate.

What CDs are you looking at? (for backup purposes only I'm sure)

[Floh]

Originally posted by bluedog:
<STRONG>I've never come across an audio CD I couldn't duplicate.

What CDs are you looking at? (for backup purposes only I'm sure) </STRONG>

OF course for backup purposes only! There are some really new Audio-CD´s from EMI in germany which have a copy-protection. Some new stuff, I guess. You can´t play them in your computer or copy them with toast; even some CD-player won´t play them.

[bluedog]

Sounds like there is a backlash to the CD burning technology showing up in the music industry. I wonder if it is simply the digital extraction that is being blocked. I recently heard something about preventing digital playing and extraction of CDs.

Even so, if you want to make duplicates by sending an audio out signal into a digital recording source and create MP3s from them!

This is a bit like circumventing DVD playing by catching the signal *after* it is already decoded. Its not the ideal situation, but I'm guessing there will be ways around this soon or in the near future. Eventually, the industry will create hardware that is not capable of doing such things, so either keep an older drive around or find another workaround. Its amazing what corporations will do to try and protect their investments and products.

If they sold the products for a modest fee, rather than price gouging and spending tons of money making it difficult to copy, people would be willing to pay the fees and not bother with the 'pirating.' That would be an ideal world, I guess.