I had this problem too. However, I suspected that the dvd was protected, so I tried a dvd that I burnt myself, which worked.
I already had libdvdread3 installed, but I needed to install libdvdcss2 via Medibuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu This solved the issue on Hardy 8.04, brasero_0.8.1-0ubuntu2~hardy1_i386 -- copy CD/DVD button disabled https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238497 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs