I wonder how long until recorded music comes with a shrink-wrap license prohibiting you from circumventing copy-denial mechanisms or making unencrypted MP3s of it, and indemnifying the company for any changes made to your system software?
(I can't see EMI's security-through-obscurity scheme holding up for very long, especially since it doesn't rely on "trusted client" PCs or anything. Soon enough, some guy without a girlfriend will break it and upload the details to a server somewhere. Yes, he may go to jail for it, but that hasn't stopped virus writers.)
First thing I do when I (re)install Windoze on a computer is turn of Autorun. It fucking sucks.
Oh yes, and EAC has no problem ripping those "copy-protected" CDs, and indeed I succeeded under Linux too. What did the Sex Pistols say about EMI? ;)
Um, that they're cunts or something like that?
how can you rip the placebo sleeping with ghosts cd? i tried eac but it could only get up to track 7. it is really fuckin shit as it wont play in my car, my discman, my work computer (cant install software due to restrictions) or my minidisc player.
Simple; go to amazon.com and order the US edition; at that time, EMI's US operation was still releasing Red Book CDs (not sure if that's still the case). If you can't return the Australian edition and get a refund, use it as a drink coaster or something.
no i dont wanna spend any more money than i already have...is there any way to rip it?
Everything can be ripped.... for the right price.
i now have access to a linux machine.
can i rip it using this?
Well, it was pretty simple, really, what I did hold down the Shift key as the CD loads up so it doesn't activate Autorun. (Better still, deactivate Autorun altogether.) And then go berzerk with EAC or CDEx.
Of course, no such luck for Mac users.