What exactly is a protected DVD?
Well really this is an easy answer. A protected DVD is a DVD movie that contains CSS or Content Scrambling System, which is a digital rights management to protect commercial DVD movies. Manufacturers or producers use CSS keys set which is a collective term for authentication key, player key, title key, disc key, second disk key set, and/or encrypted key to protect the disc’s content from being duplicated by unauthorized parties.
So is it legal to Copy a Protected DVD?
Now this is where it gets tricky. I'll just say this, it is illegal to circumvent the CSS in most countries. Now there are a handful of DeCSS software decrypters available. At the risk of defying the Digital Copyright Act I won't list what titles are available.
Are there legal solutions?
Now onto the fun part. I will say that there are ways to copy dvd's and there are easy solutions to do so. The top commercial products to use are ( List is based on the most popular and easiest to use ):
- 1 Click DVD Copy (Download Here) - this is what I use and it works great, and the name says it all, 1 click.
- DVD neXt Copy (Download Here) - another good solution for backing up dvd's
- 123 Copy DVD (Download Here) - a 'lightweight' but still does the job
This is our easiest recommendation:
Download/Buy 1Click DVD Copy - For the small $59 investment you will save your sanity, believe me I have tested them all.
Step 1: After you download the trial or make the purchase of 1Click and then install it, there is literally 1 step to complete, and that is to insert the DVD you want to copy and click the Start button as seen above. Ok so that's 2 steps if your being technical.
As you can see from my screenshot, the workings of 1Click are very simple. Yes, it really is that easy to copy a protected DVD movie. Watch out Hollywood. Word of warning though, read the copywright warning in front of the movie to make sure you have permission to make a copy. :)
So if your looking to copy protected DVD's know the in's and out's before jumping in. All 3 titles above have been around for years and know what users need when it comes down to copying protected DVD movies.
Also see our: Blu Ray Copy Software Reviews if you have a Blu-Ray Burner. |
