Anastacia CD problem!

[SAH]

I've just bought a copy of the latest CD by Anastacia, but because it's copy controlled I can't copy the tracks onto my MP3 player. I would just like to add that I am copying these tracks for my own personal use. Has anyone got any suggestions about how I can do this?

[jenstar]

Connect a regular CD player to the "line in" socket on the back of your computer and record to mp3 in real time.

[SAH]

Thanks. But how do I actually set up the PC to record in real time?

[Ralph]

I've used a program called ImToo CD ripper (shareware) before to get around the copy-controlled stuff, also for my own legal Net MD use I must add! When the software looks at the CD, it'll see audio tracks 1 to 14 or whatever and lastly a data track. If you rip all of the audio tracks to wav or MP3 leaving the data track, everything will be fine!

[stevie21]

In the UK, copying these tracks for your own personal use is still illegal. Only in the USA (that I know of) is there a "fair use" clause which permits this type of thing.


Either way, if you download and use a program called freerip mp3 it'll completely ignore any copy protection and rip the tracks for you. While I wouldn't condone doing anything illegal, I think the main issue here is that you own an Anastacia CD.

http://www.mgshareware.com/frmmain.shtml

[SAH]

I certainly didn't realise that copying a CD for my own personal use was illegal, but thank you all for your advice.