player? I accidentally bought a copy-protected CD. Is there any way I can work around the copy protection and rip it to my MP3 player?

Yes, but you won't like the answer. Basically you have to get a sound card that has a digital S/PDIF input and an audio cd player that has a digital output. Then you can grab the digital output by playing the cd and recording the output. You'll have to manually separate the tracks but in theory the sound quality would be exactly the same as ripping the CD.