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[Warm Machine]

So I bought A Beautiful Lie and I copied the tracks from the CD using their onboard ripper. I want to also have the tracks on the PC where I work, can I use the same disc or has the license been used up on my PC at home?

Sorry is this sounds extremely noob but this is the first copy protected CD I've ever bought.

 

[TomStrong]

Put the cd in, close the tray and hold either the ctrl or alt key for one minute.

 

[Jason]

Shift key me thinks.

 

[Companion Cube]

Yes it's shift for Windows to prevent auto-play.

Some protected cd's have a small area on the outside of the disc where the protection is. If you can block that off, then the cd is free to burn n what not.

What you could do is get one of those cd condoms that you put on to protect the disc, but on that cover you cover up that area where the protection is with a marker or line it with scotch tape that you've colored (so you can peel the tape off and use that cd protector again! )

 

[puck1337]

Left shift, CDex set to Full Paranoia (has never failed me yet).

 

[The Interrobanger]

Easy CD-DA Extractor will rip anything...

 

[Warm Machine]

All this sounds cool (and the shift key thing is extremely funny) and whatnot but back to the original question, is the license down to the single PC or does it only matter if their license managment recognizes the original disc?

 

[Ecrofirt]

Left shift, CDex set to Full Paranoia (has never failed me yet).

What does Full Paranoia do?