If you can read/ripp "copy controlled" disks much depends on the combination of the used copy control system and your CD drive (and it's firmware).
There are (as far as I know...) these copy controls "obtainable":
- Key2Audio A
- Key2Audio B
- CDC100 (Cactus Data Shield)
- CDC200 (Cactus Data Shield)
- DOC
Depending on your CD drive, you maybe able to read CDs with on of those copy controls without problems but you will not be able to read the other ones. There are (as far as I know...) only two drives out on the market that can read
all "copy controlled" disks:
- CD Writer Yamaha RW-F1 (Firmware 1.0c)
- DVD Writer Archos (LG) Dex DVD-RW 2 (GMA-4020B) (Firmware A105)
Be glad if you have one of those and don't update the firmware...
If you use CloneCD or EAC to ripp CD's, let these programms open and close the drawer of your CD drive to load the CD ... they will then use their own drivers to access the CD and it should work.
EDIT: Of course, CloneCD or EAC can only get what is supplied by
your CD drive ...
P.S.: Do that only with CDs you own