musuic compatibilty help please

got Royksopp understanding for Chrismas ... very good

but how do i get it into iTunes

says its not compatuible and gives me a horrible scrambled version.

Now this cost real money and IS MINE ... so why can't I play it the way I want to ... but please advise...

and pls also keep answers to low tech monosyllables .. I have tech ability of a baked potato.😀

Is it a CD?
Where is it now and where do you want it to be put?
What's the exact message you are getting?

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Is it a CD?
Where is it now and where do you want it to be put?
What's the exact message you are getting?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Royksopp+copy+protection

Originally posted by abalone
yep a CD

to get any sound out of PC it made me load a bunch of software and played through Windows media player

said in one of the menus that it didn't support iPods / iTunes

but I loaded across anyway and just got garbage ... ie it didn't stop me - it just ends up scrambled.

Originally posted by Ragnorak
As Xanthos has pointed out, sony have protected the cd.

You can return this product and ask for your money back, as once sony put in the copy protection algorithms, it is no longer a cd, according to the established specifications of a cd.

So, I'd recommend returning it, getting your money back and downloading it.

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You will probably want to remove the software installed when you inserted the CD. Google it.

In future press and hold down the left shift key for a few seconds when inserting any music CD. This prevents any autorun on the CD from being executed and installation of unwanted software.

Sony & who else?

I have the Album "Air - Talkie Walkie" published by Virgin music (well their logo is on the disc cover anyway).

Closer inspection of album back shows "COPY COTROLLED - IFPI".

If you look at the surface of the disc you can see there are two distinct regions - a small outer one and large inner one. I googled this and it appears the outer section contains the copy protection software (the inner one is the music). The copy protection can apparently be avoided by taking a marker pen and masking the outer track!

Another thing to watch out for is that there is no "CD Audio" logo on the disc. I assume this is because these type of 'music' discs do not conform to the CD standard. There is a link on the back of CD - www.emimusic.info

I only buy origianl CDs. I don't agree with music piracy and am not interested in mp3 quality downloads. However it does p*ss me off when you don't even get the real deal when buying an original from a shop and have software installed on your PC!

Apparently some CDs have both types available and you can take 'em back for replacement........[so I have heard anyway]

Here is a software package that allows transfers from cds, cassettes,
vinyl, memory sticks, whatever. The company is called Mediafour
and the product is called Xplay. Here is the link:
http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay/

thank you folks for all suggestions

wasn't warned upfront because it was a gift

corporate bastardry is the pits