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Ripping copy protected CDs
Percy "Thrills" Thrillington ("I shall write to the lead singer of Echo & The Bunnymen!") Posted Jun 22, 2006
Depending on the form of copy protection the disc is using, you can often bypass it by inserting the disc and then holding down the left Shift key while the PC reads the disc. This stops the PC from automatically running any executable files in the CD-ROM section of the disc, and thus stops the copy protection from being invoked. It doesn't always work like this, of course... 
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Ripping copy protected CDs
RadoxTheGreen - Retired Posted Jun 29, 2006
Given that most people want to run their CD's on their computers, MP3 players etc. is it any wonder that when the music companies make it so difficult to transfer music into PC files that people end up turning to Bearshare and the like?
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