I have a store bought DVD of old tv programmes. the DVD is no longer available but a friend of mine has asked me for a copy, when I try to copy it a message appears saying that the disc has anti copying written into it, is there any way around this ???
you could try an application called DVD Shrink. many download sites have it and it is a good way of re-authoring a DVD i.e. removing the Danish subtitles for example and gets around many DRM restrictions. However as mentioned you should not make a copy of any copyrighted DVD without authorisation unless for your own personal use.
There is another way IF you have the equipment or know someone who has. A DVD will copy to video no problem, so using a DVD recorder combo or the right leads, you can copy to video and then copy back to a blank DVD. Time consuming but it works.
correct. Most films rented or purchased will be between 3.5 - 7.5gb. Anything above the normal 4.7gb will have to be compressed using DVD Shrink. But you will still need to use either DVD Shrink or DVD Decrypter to crack the piracy protection.
Ethel is right, you should not circumvent copyright. Buy the new DVD off ebay instead, and pay the cash. That dvd will probably be a copy, but at least you're helping the economy.
If you wanted to copy your own homemade dvd or a program off telly to watch later, probably a good place to start would be dvd fab.
Avatar: here's a few steps to try to avoid confusion in the future.
-poster seems to be saying something which is patently stupid or dangerous or illogical
-consider whether poster *assumes* that this will be seen as such by most people
-if so, consider that poster is using this register as a means of expressing the *irony* that the main method of avoiding copyright circumvention (viz buying off ebay) is in fact itself going to reward copyright circumvention.
-Consider that this also seeks to highlight the great number of copyright dvds on ebay.
-consider that if you miss these points at first glance, don't try saying 'what planet are you on', but ask 'have I missed something' or 'is she joking'?
Clear?
I understand what you are all saying, but as I said I have no wish to rip anybody off I simply want a copy of a DVD for what will be personal use (for a mate) ... But I do have to ask that if its illegal to copy protected discs why can companys openly sell programs that are made purely to get around anti-copying ?