Vnunet.com reports that a magzine has found out that also old hardware is able to backup copy protected audio CDs. After the felt-tip marker this another easy way to backup your copy protected CDs.
We already reported that old hardware is good for backing up copy protected audio CDs, probably because they do not support multi session and skip the session where the protection is hidden:
Satirical technology magazine Need to Know recently discovered another method of circumventing some of the less obvious copy protection mechanisms. |
On CDs protected with the 'corrupt data track' system, a marker pen is all that is needed to beat the system, because the data track is clearly visible on the outside edge of the CD.
But technologies which don't have such an obvious flaw proved more difficult to crack, until CD copying was tried on older hardware.
Attempts to copy the recently released Star Wars: Attack of the Clones soundtrack in a HP8100 CD-Writer Plus proved futile, as did attempts to locate the corrupt data track on the CD.
But a chance attempt on a "crappy old LiteOn LTN382 32X", which is about two years old, copied the CD "without a hiccup".
"So all you need to get round copy protection is a friend with moderately lame old hardware," said the Need to Know crew. "Unless that's illegal under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act nowadays as well."
So get your old CD-ROM drive back in your PC and enjoy the music ! Because music should be fun and good for your mood...
Source: Vnunet.com
