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Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by qingcharles on Friday February 28, 2025 @01:02AM (#43202206)
Probably not. When I was doing audio ingestion for the major labels 1999-2004 it was all from CD. Some CDs (*cough* Sony *cough*) had such fucked-up shit to try and stop ripping it was easier just to source the files from audiogalaxy.
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Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by stavros on Friday February 28, 2025 @05:35AM (#43204059)
Couldn't EAC just bypass all that? I don't remember owning a CD it couldn't rip.
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Re:Spotify's Beta Used 'Pirate' MP3 Files, Some from Pirate Bay by LeoPanthera on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:03AM (#43204287)
It depended far more on what optical drive you had than on what software you used.
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