The site's new copyright-protection measures have caught the eye of a congressional committee chairman and the recording industry. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior media reporter, covering the ...

In terms of the workload on a system, what's the difference between ripping a DVD (that is, taking a DVD and copying it to the hard disk) and transcoding it (taking the DVD and changing it to a ...

I've been a Plextor fan forever, and I've got an old rig I use just for burning where the drive I use for extracting (an UltraPlex 40X SCSI CD-ROM) seems to have finally died.<BR><BR>(I've updated the ...

You pay good money for your DVDs, but they're hardly the only format you need these days. These five ripping tools ensure you can back them up, keep them on your media server, and load them on your ...

Many listeners consider CD ripping to be a rather simple process, and for the most part, it is. The discs go in, your software performs a little magic, and your songs are copied to the hard drive. Of ...

Real's RealDVD software lets you rip DVDs to your PC hard drive--legally--and watch them on up to 4 other PCs. John P. Falcone is the senior director of commerce content at CNET, where he coordinates ...

The Recording Industry Association of America, the British Recorded Music Industry, and other industry lobbyists have sued one of the world’s leading websites. They say that Youtube-mp3.org ...

Audiobooks have become increasingly popular as devices such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad have become commonplace. While it’s great to listen to music while commuting or exercising, you can use some ...

The CE professional is truly targeted by RipDigital's service. If you're doing an AV install and your client has tons of CDs in his or her collection, there's a better solution than to rip each one.

[Editor’s note: The MPAA and most media companies argue that you can’t legally copy or convert commercial DVDs for any reason. We (and others) think that, if you own a DVD, you should be able to ...

If you want to take your movies with you on the road, or just want to clean up those physical discs but keep your films and TV shows on your HTPC, you’ll need to rip them first. Thankfully, there are ...