I must say this cd is the work of true genius... so what if it doesn't sound like Guns or STP it is still great... some of Slash's solos outdo the Guns ones by far...With regards to the copy protection, the program they are using is useless, uninstall their player if it installs, and then whack the cd into your writer drive, and if you have NERO you're in luck. It will display the 14 tracks on the cd, just drag them across and hey presto you have a copy of the cd without the protection, then rip your mp3s as normal folks, and you'll have no problems listening to it on your comp.;) always glad to help lol