I have some (older) original CD’s protected with Copy Control. I want to rip them to FLAC for personal use. But dbpoweramp does not like the copy protection. Is there a way to rip such CD’s?
One issue is that if people are ripping copy control discs with something that doesn’t care about copy control, they likely won’t know the disc has it.
You might try Exact Audio Copy (often just called EAC). I’ve never hit an issue… but then again maybe none of my discs has it.
Are you sure dbpoweramp isn’t just passing on the error message from the firmware of the optical drive and maybe that is what isn’t allowing the read?
I have a good number of copy protected CDs and have no problem ripping them into iTunes. 
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I will try EAC.
dbpoweramp uses AccurateRip, which is complaining. So, I assume the rip is not correct due to the copy protection.
AccurateaRip is just an online database for comparing checksums. Failing validation shouldn’t prevent a rip. Or be a cause for alarm.
What specific error and end result are you getting?
My usual solution is iTunes/Apple Music, I’ve never had a CD it couldn’t rip on the rare occasions when my Unitiserve couldn’t manage it.
That looks like it did rip and three tracks didn’t match the checksums. But they’re probably fine.
If they have audible chirps on playback it might be minor scratches or something. Copy protection wouldn’t be my first thought, or even second or third.
The CD cover mentions that Copy Control is used, so it is copy protected. I ripped the CD multiple times. I also tried other CD’s having the same Copy Control protection and these have the same problem. I will listen to the ripped FLAC’s.
It does n’t seem to be related to copy protection. Two of the three tracks sound just fine and 1 track has minor drop-outs. I looked closely at the CD and it has a few hardly visible scratches. That’s probably the reason.
Mine, too. But I do have just one CD that resisted all attempts to rip it successfully. The rip was there but when I played the rip what I got was a horrible scratchy noise — completely unlistenable. The album played fine on my CD5 and on my in-car CD player when I had one. Now I just use Qobuz instead, now.
Roger
When I ripped all my CDs, using dBPoweramp, most problems were resolved by using the software’s intensive mode - took longer but did the trick, confirmed by AccurateRip. However there were a small number (maybe 2 or 3) still with problems. I tried a different CD reader and they worked perfectly!. If not already tried these potential solutions may becworth trying. I have no idea whether any of mine had copy protection.
I tried all those and more exotic suggestions involving bits of tape that I found on the Internet. Although it worked in my CD players, it would not play on the computer I had at the time, which had an integral CD drive. In the end I gave up.
Roger
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