Copy-Protected CDs

It's unclear to me whether the release of copy-protected CDs is legal or not. Ripping your own CDs to put on your iPod is fair use, but copy-protected CDs do not allow you to digitize the music you bought, denying you fair use. In addition, the CPCDs don't necessarily play on all players, so to some people the CPCD is a defective product.

However, even assuming that the record companies screwed up, it is also unclear to me whether or not it is legal for the user to use software like CloneCD in order to digitize their collection, as it bypasses the copy protection.