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Scouse Monkey · 05-21-2005, 01:00 PM

There was a lot of kerfuffle about this a few years ago.

Look on the CDs and the CD boxes for the CD logo. If it is on there then the disc should play on any device showing the CD logo - that is the law.

There were a number of record companies who made discs (i wont call them CDs) that could not be played on computer CD-rom drives to prevent them being ripped however several companies - especially Phillips (as they were one of the companies who set out the CD standard) - threatened to sue any company displaying the CD logo on a disc that could not be read on any device showking the CD logo. One of the discs at the time was Shakira's Laundry Service. that disc was promptly re-made and can now be read on a computer CD drive. It was agaisnt the CD standard (orange book i think) for them to do this and claim it was a CD.

The stupid thing is if someone really wants to rip a Cd all they have to do is play it in a CD player with digital out into their sounblaster front panel optical connection and capture the song that way. Fromt hen on they also had to put warnings on the discs saying it could not be played in computer CD-rom drives and they were not allowed to put the CD logo on the discs or cases.

05-21-2005, 01:00 PM	#12
Scouse Monkey MySQL Error Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bristol Posts: 13,521	There was a lot of kerfuffle about this a few years ago. Look on the CDs and the CD boxes for the CD logo. If it is on there then the disc should play on any device showing the CD logo - that is the law. There were a number of record companies who made discs (i wont call them CDs) that could not be played on computer CD-rom drives to prevent them being ripped however several companies - especially Phillips (as they were one of the companies who set out the CD standard) - threatened to sue any company displaying the CD logo on a disc that could not be read on any device showking the CD logo. One of the discs at the time was Shakira's Laundry Service. that disc was promptly re-made and can now be read on a computer CD drive. It was agaisnt the CD standard (orange book i think) for them to do this and claim it was a CD. The stupid thing is if someone really wants to rip a Cd all they have to do is play it in a CD player with digital out into their sounblaster front panel optical connection and capture the song that way. Fromt hen on they also had to put warnings on the discs saying it could not be played in computer CD-rom drives and they were not allowed to put the CD logo on the discs or cases. __________________ If you want more answers on anything I have posted you can find me at digital-car.co.uk or skiing or diving or doing somthing else fun!