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Thread #38806   Message #546783
Posted By: SeanM
11-Sep-01 - 12:33 AM
Thread Name: TECH: Help: CD Burners- What to buy?
Subject: RE: Help: CD Burners- What to buy?
One hitch with "Nero" - you can't copy CD to CD. Anything that it registers in normal CD format is immediately rejected as violating their "copyright filter".

It came with the CDR/W drive we bought... I was a bit peeved, as I was attempting to copy songs from MY OWN GROUP that were burned for me in the first place as a rehearsal tape. Beyond that, I'm a bit peeved at the assertion that my personal license granted by purchasing music was ignored. Unless things have RADICALLY changed, the owner of the recording still has the right to make both archival copies and compilations - as long as they are for personal use.

Well... now that THAT is out of the way...

I'm currently using 'Sonic Foundry SIREN Jukebox'. Seems to work OK, though it doesn't support the drive we have.

That brings up a good point - do the research. Find out what kind of drive you have and do some research on the various programs you're considering to make sure that you meet the technical specs and that your drive is going to work with the software. The problems may be minor - the only problem I ran into is that my burner will only copy at 1x rather than the higher speeds it's capable of - but you may also end up with software that won't recognize your drive at all.

M