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So CNN call us up and ask: "Could you demonstrate the magic
                  marker trick for defeating copy protection on Celine Dion
                  CDs?" And we say: "Sure, but you know it only circumvents
                  *some* copy protection systems - Cactus Data Shield 100/200
                  and KeyAudio, apparently?" CNN don't seem too worried about
                  this, and turn up with an "Attack Of The Clones" soundtrack,
                  with "Will not play on PC/Mac" on the front. And, true enough,
                  it won't read at all in our HP8100 CD-Writer Plus. "Do the
                  magic marker trick", they plead, as we search in vain for the
                  distinctive multi-session-style outer track, all the while
                  explaining the numerous different kinds of copy-protection in
                  contemporary usage, and eventually concluding "Oh, let's just
                  try it in the other CD drive". And lo and behold, it rips
                  without a hiccup from the crappy old LiteOn LTN382 32X using
                  Easy CD-DA Extractor 3. The CNN crew try to hide it, but you
                  can see the disappointment on their faces. In some ways, we
                  shrug, this is a less televisual, but more interesting, story
                  - all you need to get round copy protection is a friend with
                  moderately lame old hardware. Unless that's illegal under the
                  DMCA nowadays as well.