BF2 and blacklisting help please.

[guitarwolf]

I just dl the dvd image and was wondering what blacklisting is? How do I prevent it? It seems my dvd-rom is scratching my dvd disc so I want to use an image before it gets too scrathced. Anyone else ever have this problem? I dont want to use any cracks. Also anyone know a good piece of software that I can backup my dvd on my cpu with? Like make an image of the game dvd?