I've read the article posted by docgfd several times and I kept coming back to these lines, Just my opinion, but, it seems to me, that in the long run First 4 doesn't really work
The copy protections are not iron-clad, however: you can make three copies of the CD on each PC on which you load it. You can also make three additional copies of the CD from the tracks that you have ripped to your Windows Media Player library.
Once you have burned CDs using Windows Media Player, the tracks cease to be protected, and you can upload this audio CD into another media player, such as ITunes.And once the tracks are uploaded, you can burn them as often as you like.