A burning question

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Apologies for being a dumbass, but I have a query re: burning CDs.

I use Nero to burn stuff. It's fine. But when I rip'n'burn a CD (for my own personal use of course) a "this CD is copyrighted" message often comes up as I do it.

Presumably that's just a guilt trip tactic to make you think twice before burning stuff, right? I mean, there's no way labels can encode some crazy thing into the CD that informs somebody at the label that somebody somewhere is copying their music, right?

Right?

I've half a mind to turn my modem off while burning, just in case...

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― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 21 November 2003 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Its nothing to worry about. Hell, im doing it with pirated software too.

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

D0N'T THINK I CAN'T SEE WHAT YUO'RE DOING, YUO SKEEVY VILLAINS!!!!1

― TEH RIAA (Pashmina), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I use Nero also and I've seen it do that when I'm burning something I know with 100% certainty is not copyrighted, eg. a CD by a band I play with.

― steve, Friday, 21 November 2003 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

the RIAA can kiss my hairy yellow butt, I'm well out of their jurasdiction...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

0UR REACH IS LONG AND OUR SWORD IS MIGHTY, C0PYR|GHT-\/|0LAT|NG FUX0R!!!11!!!1!!

― TEH R|/-\/-\ (Pashmina), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I refer you to my hairy yellow butt, above.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

It dun't mean shit. I get that message all the time when I burn CDs from files recorded through the sound card (ie original tapes.)

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 21 November 2003 15:15 (twenty-two years ago)

There's actually a "copyrighted" flag encoded on the CD (in the track subchannels, just like the "pre-emphasis" flag, the UPC/ISRC number, CD-Text and indices). I've never seen a CD that doesn't have this set to "yes" though, just like I've never encountered a cd with pre-emphasis set to "yes".

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 21 November 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

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