dvd copy protection

I am going off to college and i decided it would be prudent of me to make copies of my dvds. anyone know a good program that gets around copyprotection?

 

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You have to be careful nowadays, originally it was allowed to make a copy of an original as a back incase the original became damaged, But due to the ever increasing trend for file share networks, the powers that be have attempted to make that illegal in a few countries. (So you should potentially check your legal rights out first)

Copy Protection is not a singular method, the industry has many different producers and distrubuters that all have different protection methods, this means that a program might work with one DVD/CD but not another. I can't really give you too much information on how to circumnavigate copy protection because for one it isn't legal and it's something I don't participate in.

I would suggest perhaps looking for information through the use of a search engine and doing a little research into it.

 

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Since you didn't ask about ethics, I won't address them.

I've never actually ripped my DVDs, but a good place for [mostly] free software is download.com. Go to the "Audio & Visual > DVD Tools" sub-section and you'll probably find what you're looking for.

My experience with download.com is that the user ratings are quite reliable. I generally don't download something from there unless it has a high rating. They'll also explicity tell you if there's any third-party software bundled with it (a huge convenience, if you ask me).

Also keep in mind that a lot of the downloads are trial versions; but if all you're looking for is a quick & dirty solution then just download the best program, use it to rip your DVDs and then uninstall it. That's what I do

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http://doom9.net <- all the information and software you need

p.s. the best dvd copy tools are freeware

 

DVD Shrink works best, also dubdvd in case it doesn't work on them I have yet to see a dvd you could not copy with these two programs and both are free.

 

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I'm suggesting for the legality that people refrain from refering people to "Crack" software. If the software is good software, then people should purchase it.

 

DVD Decrypter

Best program there is to make DVD ISOs or copy DVDs. Well, single layer DVDs that is. Use DVDShrink to make a double layer DVD fit onto a single layer DVD. Both programs are free.