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2. Ripping - Wikipedia

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   Ripping is the extraction of digital content from a container, such as a CD, onto a new digital location. Originally, the term meant to rip music from Commodore 64 games. [citation needed] Later, the term was applied to ripping WAV or MP3 files from digital audio CDs, and after that to the extraction of contents from any storage media, including DVD and Blu-ray discs, as well as the extraction ...

3. Compact Disc and DVD copy protection - Wikipedia

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   CD/DVD copy protection is a blanket term for various methods of copy protection for CDs and DVDs. Such methods include DRM, CD-checks, Dummy Files, illegal tables of contents, over-sizing or over-burning the CD, physical errors and bad sectors. Many protection schemes rely on breaking compliance with CD and DVD standards, leading to playback ...

4. Disc rot - Wikipedia

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   Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of chemical deterioration. The causes include oxidation of the reflective layer, reactions with contaminants, ultra-violet light damage, and de-bonding of the adhesive used to adhere the layers of the disc together.

5. CD ripper - Wikipedia

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   Some all-in-one ripping programs can simplify the entire process by ripping and burning the audio to disc in one step, possibly re-encoding the audio on-the-fly in the process. Some CD ripping software is specifically intended to provide an especially accurate or "secure" rip, including Exact Audio Copy, cdda2wav, CDex and cdparanoia.

6. Copy protection - Wikipedia

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   Copy protection for computer software, especially for games, has been a long cat-and-mouse struggle between publishers and crackers.These were (and are) programmers who defeated copy protection on software as a hobby, add their alias to the title screen, and then distribute the "cracked" product to the network of warez BBSes or Internet sites that specialized in distributing unauthorized ...

7. Optical media preservation - Wikipedia

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   The preservation of optical media is essential because it is a resource in libraries, and stores audio, video, and computer data. While optical discs are generally more reliable and durable than older media types, (magnetic tape, LPs and other records) environmental conditions and/or poor handling can result in lost information.

8. Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal - Wikipedia

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   Spitzer said: "It is unacceptable that more than three weeks after this serious vulnerability was revealed, these same CDs are still on shelves, during the busiest shopping days of the year, [and] I strongly urge all retailers to heed the warnings issued about these products, pull them from distribution immediately, and ship them back to Sony ...

9. Optical disc packaging - Wikipedia

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   Stacks of compact disc jewel cases. Optical disc packaging is the packaging that accompanies CDs, DVDs, and other formats of optical discs.Most packaging is rigid or semi-rigid and designed to protect the media from scratches and other types of exposure damage.