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Re:Backing Up Spotify by masfuerte on Sunday December 21, 2025 @10:36AM (#46345573)
This is rather misleading. Standard CDs as sold had (and have) no DRM.

The scheme you link to is intended to prevent further copies of CD-Rs but you can copy a CD you bought as often as you like.

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Re:Backing Up Spotify by mirashii on Sunday December 21, 2025 @10:40AM (#46345593)
Unless the CD comes with a root kit that interferes with that copying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...
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