Has somebody built a following matrix:

Name of the Copy control system (including version number)
Principle method of working (how it does it's magic)
Does it cause distored (or altered) audio signal?
How to circumvent it (software/drive/other)?
An example CD employing this system?

It would be really nice.

I've been trying to find a single representative disc of each copy control system.

I've only been able to Find Cactus 200 and Key2Audio (version unknown) locally.

In some ways this is a relief, but I would like to get a sample of each of the following copy control mechanisms, to try them out for myself:

Cactus Data Shield 100 Availability: -


Cactus Data Shield 200 Availability: ++
Foo Fighters: One by One
Kent: Vapen & Ammunition
Alicia Keys: Songs in A Minor
Massive Attack: 100th window (helmikuu)
Paradise Lost: Symbol of Life
Phil Collins: Testify

Cactus Data Shield 300 Availability: --


Key2Audio Availability: ++
System of a Down: Steal This Album!
Star Wars Episode 2 soundtrack


Doc.loc Availability: -

MediaCloq 1.0 Availability: --

MediaCloq 2.0 Availability: --

SafeAudio Availability: --

SafeAudio 3:

MusicGuard:

Duolizer:

Coffeshop 4:


If some of the above copy control mechanisms are old, dead & buried, then I don't want to spend my time on them.

Can somebody help me to fill in the gaps by telling me:

A) Which systems distort original audio data (e.g. overwrite original PCM data with noise and label them with P-codes).

B) Which CDs could be a representative of a certain copy control mechanism (assuming I find the right pressing).

Cheers,
Halcyon