>> I'd like to back up the files on my DVD-Audio discs. The files are >> encrypted and I don't want to decrypt them, I just want to back them >> up. I'm getting I/O errors when I try to cp the files, and I'm >> guessing it's because of the encryption. Does anyone know of a method >> that would back these discs up in their encrypted form? > > That doesn't work that way. What you get is actually garbage and is not > "encrypted" (otherwise you would be able to copy it to another DVD). > Creating a copy of an audio DVD which is itself encrypted would defeat the > purpose of a copy protection, since even though encrypted, it's still a > copy, and the protection wants to prevent that. If you can copy it, it > wouldn't be protected :P
Not thinking clearly. Thank you Nikos. - Grant > I don't know of any software for Linux that can decrypt it, only for Windows > and even then it's a bit hard to find since sites offering it are being > hunted by American anti-piracy companies.
