Playing Minutes to Midnight on your computer

I'm not sure if this has already been addressed, but I was wondering if there was any sort of protection on the cd that protects against ripping the songs off. I'm asking because I have a few cds that my computer won't even read but play fine on a cd player, so I can't upload the cd on to my iPod. Has this happened to anyone else?
To be specific, I want to buy the physical cd because I like having a hard copy and having the cd booklet and album artwork, but I don't want to waste money on a cd I can't play on my iPod. Should I buy the actual cd or get it from iTunes and forfeit the disk and album booklet?

 

I ripped Minutes to Midnight fine with Windows Media Player 11. maybe its an iTunes thing? I dunno.

 

Nah it works fine with iTunes. Maybe ur PC's just screwed? WMP works fine too.

 

No, the album definitely works fine for me.

 

Get the special edition. You can get the MP3's from the DVD.

 

works well for me

 

I ripped it with iTunes and it works just fine.