Perhaps in an effort to try to calm down people who have been unable to listen copy-protected CDs on their PCs, Sony's Label Gate CDs will allow customers to decode music from the CD onto their PC.

There is one scheme that can be overcome by applying black permanent magic marker to the outer edge of your CD. Check and see if that's the way this one is protected. I think you can get more details ...

Do you know you can easily burn DVDs using your Windows PC? It hardly takes any time to burn a DVD using your PC, let’s see how. Remember that you can burn a CD or a DVD only if your laptop or desktop ...

CDs aren’t exactly cutting-edge in 2025. Since the peak years around the turn of the millennium, sales have plummeted because streaming services like Spotify have taken over. But there are still times ...

KB doc modified and reposted; more reader tips KB document returns The now famous KB document 106882 (on copy-protected CDs that get stuck in drives) has returned from its brief vacation (see prior ...

I love music! I have hundreds of CDs in my collection, a few of which have survived since from the late 1980s. I have an original copy of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Foo Fighters debut album, Bush's Sixteen ...

a follow-up Following up on yesterday's item on copy-protected audio CDs that not only do not play on a Mac, but may get stuck in the CD drive, articles recently posted to newscientist.com (Copy ...