Copy protected/controlled discs aren't CD's!

"Those are silver discs with music data that resemble CDs, but aren't," - Philips representative Klaus Petri

How can you add corrupted data to a CD without having any impact beyond stopping copying?

The answer.... YOU CAN'T!!!

Philips (who along with Sony created the Compact Disc technology) has stated they have concerns about the impact this protection/control process might have on the disc. These include:

• The longevity of these discs (of course it will take a while to see if this arises).
• The playability of these discs on an any CD player (click here for more on this).
• The playability of these discs if scratched/damaged. CD players are designed to be flexible, which is why you might be surprised sometimes that a damaged CD still plays. However, can the player put up with BOTH a scratch AND the corrupted files?

The result of this is that Philips will not allow these discs to be called CD's because they do not satisfy the quality guidelines that are specified to be given that name. If you examine the jewel case and inserts for a protected/controlled disc you will not find the familiar CD logo   anywhere. Instead you will see the copy control logo (although you may have to look pretty hard sometimes). Of course, music companies did not volunteer for this change in logos. Thankfully, Philips and consumer agencies imposed these changes to try and protect consumers. The labelling is still an issue though (click here for more on this).

To summarize: these corrupted discs are NOT Compact Discs!

Here are a couple of articles on what Philips has been saying:

Philips joins copy protected CD fracas

Philips says copy-protected CDs have no future

CD creator burns copy-protection efforts

Philips concerned over side effects of copy-protection technology