Copy Protection???

[Nestor]

I tried ripping my Tool - 10000 Days CD and it sounds like crap.

I know it won't play in my truck stereo. I also didn't see any copy protection logos, etc in the case.

It's a Sony BMG. Are these bozos implementing copy protection without disclosure?

 

[jonnythan]

They don't need to disclose it.

Look at the CD and the case.

Is there a "Compact Disc Digital Audio" logo?

 

[Nestor]

Not that I can see.

 

[jonnythan]

That means it's technically not an audio CD.

It's a CD that contains data that happens to produce music in standard CD players. The data is deliberately scrambled in such a way as to confuse CD-ROM drives so that a computer can't play/rip the audio off it.

It doesn't have the CD Digital Audio logo because it doesn't conform to the standards required to use the logo.

 

[nav]

As far as I've read, no copies of 10,000 Days are copy protected. However, there was (or is) seemingly a number of poorly pressed copies that were shipped that won't always play back properly. (My release-day copy ripped fine, for what's it's worth.)