At least in the US, the mere copying of the DVD data requires breaking
the lame encryption. Breaking of that encryption is illegal due to the
digital millenium copyright act (DMCA). Software that enables you to do
something illegal is probably skating on thin ice. So that makes it
hard, not for technical reasons but legal ones. Bunch of history and
commentary here from the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
http://w2.eff.org/IP/DMCA/20030102_dmca_unintended_consequences.html
CB
Michael Babcock wrote:
hey all;
i just bought a new hard drive and i want to backup a few dvd's, I
found this program but it doesn't have the download link anymore. Does
anyone have something that will do what i want? I know what i would
use on windows, but not on the mac, here's the discription of the
program, any ideas?
MacTheRipper is a free DVD ripper (extractor) for Mac OS X. It can
extract commercial DVD movies to your hard drive, minus all the copy
protections and region controls put in place by DVD publishers. You
can then use various tools to burn the movie back to DVD-R for use in
DVD players, or convert the movie to different formats for playback
with a variety of devices. MacTheRipper is intended to backup DVDs you
have legally purchased for personal use. Any copyright-infringing
activity you choose to perpetrate using this application is illegal,
immoral, and beyond our control.
