Apparatus and Method for Digital Content Concealment

A method of providing access to digital music content that is subject to a digital rights protocol to a user computer, comprising steps of:

• providing a copy protected compact disc having a first session that contains digital audio content, a second session that is configured to provide a user computer with access to an alternative form of the digital audio content that is subject to the digital rights protocol, and copy protection that is configured to frustrate the user computer from digitally extracting the digital audio content that is contained on the first session;
• placing the copy protected compact disc into a CD-ROM drive that is operatively connected to a user computer;
• directing the user computer to the alternative form of digital audio content that is contained on the second session.

A method of providing copy protection to a compact disc containing digital audio content, comprising steps of:

• applying the digital audio content to the compact disc;
• and
• applying a lead-in portion to the compact disc that is configured to frustrate recognition of the digital audio content by a user computer.