Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 3, 2005, at 12:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Time for Hollywierd to develop a new business model! Why? the one they have is working very very well for them. VAST sums of cash can be laundered through a business that 'loses' so much money... -- Bruce Johnson "No matter where yo

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-03 Thread Brian Mahoney
PETE wrote: [ ** ] http://www.nist.gov/ Who remembers when hollywood condemned the vcr and urged Congress to burn it. They are using the same arguments now and it seems to be working this time. What has changed? Pete. ___

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-03 Thread PETE
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >It's not the copying that's illegal, it's > circumventing copy protection > >that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally > copy (for your own > >use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have > copy protection. Hmm, > >legally speaking, I wonder if

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-03 Thread ACFX44501
>It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection >that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own >use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, >legally speaking, I wonder if "copy protection" includes MacroVision? AFAIK,

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-03 Thread Dan K
It's not the copying that's illegal, it's circumventing copy protection that breaks the law. You can still (AFAIK) legally copy (for your own use, eg: backup) most anything which doesn't have copy protection. Hmm, legally speaking, I wonder if "copy protection" includes MacroVision? dan k [com

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:13 AM, Thoma Mattox wrote: Are there any options available for those of us still using OS9.2.2? Possibly Toast? Otherwise, not much, afaik. Certainly all the free apps won't work as they're all dependent on OSS unix libraries. -- Bruce Johnson "No matter where you go

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-03 Thread Thoma Mattox
Are there any options available for those of us still using OS9.2.2? -- ___ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by and...

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-02 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 1, 2005, at 10:54 PM, Dan K wrote: First off, to legally copy a copy-protected commercial DVD you'll have to move to a country where it's legal, currently it's not legal in the good ol' USA. That said: I should have mentioned that I always waited for our day trips to Windsor. :)

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-02 Thread Doc Holliday
Manfred wrote: You are not allowed to make any copys ? Is it only for DVD or for just anything. I mean copys of old video tapes and mp3s of music cds one really owns isnt a bad thing. I mean video tapes get damaged easy and mp3 is much more convinient then the original CDs (outdoor for exam

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-02 Thread C. Scott Cupples
On Saturday 02 July 2005 02:53, Manfred wrote: > I do only have Macs with OS up to 8.6. But i am wondering if it > is not possible to make a disc image of a DVD with OS X ?? > > One could easily mount them and play the movie from hard drive. Manfred, I may be wrong, since I haven't played around

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-02 Thread Manfred
Hello, > First off, to legally copy a copy-protected commercial DVD you'll have to > move to a country where it's legal, currently it's not legal in the good > ol' USA. That said: You are not allowed to make any copys ? Is it only for DVD or for just anything. I mean copys of old video tapes a

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-01 Thread Dan K
First off, to legally copy a copy-protected commercial DVD you'll have to move to a country where it's legal, currently it's not legal in the good ol' USA. That said: I haven't found any Mac tools that can do what the freeware win32 app "DVD Shrink" can do, which is, in one step, copy an entire

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-01 Thread Kevin Willis
Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Check out DVD Remaster. It's not free, but it ain't expensive either. Thanks, Kevin -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-01 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jul 1, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I know I have a program that discussed this in the documentation, but if it's not Mac the Ripper, I can't remember what it is. Mac the Ripper mentions DVD2One, Popcorn, and DVD Remaster. I read in a review of these utils that there is

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-01 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 30, 2005, at 8:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mac the Ripper: Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Not for this person; I

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-01 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jun 30, 2005, at 11:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. Any specific recommendations as to authoring tools, to produce a DVD which will actually play? I've already encountered situations where a player would acce

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-07-01 Thread Fluxstringer
>Mac the Ripper: Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. That

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-06-30 Thread ACFX44501
>Mac the Ripper: > > Rips well, and with a wide variety of options (entire DVD, main program only, Region change, etc). But, getting it back on a playable DVD is the problem. Even features which are under 2 hours often produce more than 4.7 GB of data. Any

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-06-30 Thread Brian McEwen
On Jun 30, 2005, at 12:47 AM, Dave Foshee wrote: Hey Everyone! I want to go on a trip and take a couple of my DVD¹s with me. Anybody know a free, good program to use? We are driving about 24 hours and will need something to do to pass the time. My understanding is that there is no way

Re: Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-06-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 29, 2005, at 9:47 PM, Dave Foshee wrote: Hey Everyone! I want to go on a trip and take a couple of my DVD¹s with me. Anybody know a free, good program to use? We are driving about 24 hours and will need something to do to pass the time. All help appreciated! Dave Powerbook G4, 1.

Best way to legally copy DVD

2005-06-30 Thread Dave Foshee
Hey Everyone! I want to go on a trip and take a couple of my DVD¹s with me. Anybody know a free, good program to use? We are driving about 24 hours and will need something to do to pass the time. All help appreciated! Dave Powerbook G4, 1.67 ghz, 1.5 gig Ram, ruiiing Tiggg