I read the cover on my CD saying that the CD is a "Copy ProteCted CD" (i think that's where they derived the name CCCD) which is supposed to prohibit copying, and it says that some audio players cannot play back the CD... then I wonder, oh why not, I always keep mp3 format of any of my purchased CDs on my hard drive by ripping them from the CD itself, and so i poped it into the drive and started my ripping program - it rips just like the other CDs

so I was wondering, how does this CCCD work? anyone has any idea if it works at all? or it's only protecting a direct CD-to-CD copy? O_o?