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{{Infobox software 
| name                   = CloneCD 
| logo                   = Clonecd logo.png
| screenshot             = CloneCD.png
| screenshot size        = 250px
| caption                = Screenshot of CloneCD 
| developer              = RedFox
| released = 1999
| latest release version = 5.3.4.0
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|2016|05|16}}
| operating system       = [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] 
| genre                  = CD Copying 
| license                = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] 
| website                = https://www.redfox.bz/clonecd.html
}}

'''CloneCD''' is [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] optical disc authoring software that makes exact, 1:1 copies of music and data [[Engineering:CD|CD]]s and [[Engineering:DVD|DVD]]s, regardless of any Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions. It was originally written by Oliver Kastl and offered by {{wipe|Switzerland}} company Elaborate Bytes, but due to changes in European copyright law, they were forced to take it off the market.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-28721257.html|title=Die Vertreibung des Schafs|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=28 September 2003|last1=Schmundt|first1=Hilmar}}</ref> The last version of CloneCD made by Elaborate Bytes was version 4.2.0.2. The software was subsequently sold by SlySoft, a company located in Antigua and Barbuda, whose legislation does not ban the circumvention of DRM schemes. Since 2016, it is sold by Belize/Latvia based RedFox.

==Region restrictions in older versions==
In older versions of "''CloneCD''," the features "''Amplify Weak Sectors''," "''Protected PC Games''," and "''Hide CDR Media''" were disabled in the United States of America and Japan. Changing the region and language settings in Windows (e. g. to Canadian English) and/or patches could unlock these features in the two countries. SlySoft decided to leave these options disabled for the US for legal reasons, but, strangely enough, no features were disabled. The current version of CloneCD is not [[Social:Regional lockout|region-restricted]].

==See also==
* [[CloneCD Control File]]
* List of disk imaging software
* Comparison of ISO image software

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.redfox.bz/ RedFox]

{{Optical disc image software}}

[[Category:Optical disc authoring software]]



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