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| From | "Don Stroud" <DStroud@salesforce.com> |
| Subject | Re: Copy Protection, Eat My Shorts! |
| Date | Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:53:25 -0700 |
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> In this spirit, then, I gleefully pass along the news that the newest
> Matthew Sweet album, Kimi Ga Suri (or as I call it, Kimi Ga With Me)
> presents no challenges whatsoever for EAC (Exact Audio Copy)
> to extract.
>
> I'm no technophile, but I believe the secret is that you want
> to "extract",
> as opposed to "rip", the tracks. Copy protection is designed
> to prevent
> ripping. Extracting gets you wav files; ripping gets you
> mp3s. Of course
> once you have wav files, you can use MusicMatch Jukebox
> (there's a free
> version) to convert to mp3 at the bit rate of your choosing.
>
I was able to actually rip this same album using
MusisMatch 7.5. It never even blinked. And I'm listening
to it right now.
I haven't tried any other copy-protected CDs with MM,
but it would appear that it doesn't have any problems
with them. So far.
Don
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