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[reallycrazy]

This whole article is a violation of the DCMA, as it provides explicit instructions on how to circumvent DRM. You must immediately withdraw the article or MacWorld becomes liable for all copyright infringement, everywhere, real or imagined.

[Chris Breen]

reallycrazy said:

This whole article is a violation of the DCMA, as it provides explicit instructions on how to circumvent DRM. You must immediately withdraw the article or MacWorld becomes liable for all copyright infringement, everywhere, real or imagined.

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Just in case you were unaware of this feature, you can type a semi-colon and a close parentheses character to create a winking emoticon. Like so:

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I mean, you are kidding, right?

[montgomery_burns]

Another reason people copy DVDs is to bypass all those annoying forced ads, copyright warnings, FBI warnings, trailers, long intro sequences, and all the other garbage that DVD producers force people to watch before they can even see the movie. Who here is sick of DVD's which hijack their DVD players and remote controls?

[David_Guzman]

Um ya,

I think he meant to say DMCA. According to Wikipedia... DCMA Collective is an American clothing company owned by Joel and Benji Madden. :P

But I digress.

Thanks for the article Chris

[Jon Seff]

Besides, let them go after this MacWorld—we here at Macworld are safe and sound.

[bugjuice]

handbrake and MetaX are a great combo.
I see the point reallycrazy is trying to make, but I have an extensive DVD collection and an AppleTV, so why shouldn't I rip the DVD's I own, so that I can watch them on MY TV with MY AppleTV? It's like the old cassette tape player issues, just modernised.

[Chris Breen]

bugjuice said:

I see the point reallycrazy is trying to make

Unless he or she is joking, I don't. So many people get up in arms about flaky legislation like the DMCA and yet forget the First Amendment.

[DJMac317]

Ah, but wait, there is a new program which will make this entire process far far easier. It's called VideoVangelist. It will convert nearly any format including DVD's to nearly any format. So if you have a DVD you want to rip, put the VIDEO_TS folder in the list, it will rip it very very quickly, even on a G4 Mac, then convert it to the format of your choice. It's in the spirit of VisualHub. If you'd like to check it out go to www.whimsplucky.com/Whimsplucky/VideoVangelist.html. Give it a shot.


Poster is the developer of the above product.
Message was edited by: Jon Seff

[hillstones]

However, even Mac the Ripper 3.x cannot get past Disney's new RipGuard. So Disney doesn't want you to make backup copies. They want your kid to ruin the DVD or BluRay so you can continue to buy more. Thanks Disney.
ReallyCrazy, is exactly his name, really crazy. First of all, ripping a DVD is not a secret. Ripping a DVD is not illegal. People have a right to make backup copies. This goes back before the DMCA when copy protection was used on software disks and people were unable to make legal backups. Macworld is not advising people to rip a DVD and sell illegal copies. That would be illegal.

[Jon Seff]

DJMac317 said:

Ah, but wait, there is a new program which will make this entire process far far easier. It's called VideoVangelist. It will convert nearly any format including DVD's to nearly any format. So if you have a DVD you want to rip, put the VIDEO_TS folder in the list, it will rip it very very quickly, even on a G4 Mac, then convert it to the format of your choice. It's in the spirit of VisualHub. If you'd like to check it out go to [http://www.whimsplucky.com/Whimsplucky/VideoVangelist.html]. Give it a shot.

Looks interesting, but you need to disclose that this is your product.

[DJMac317]

My apologies, this is my product. I didn't mean to mislead anybody, but I did want to mention it anyway.

[rab777hp]

two words, no three, very good article

[dean_o]

My admittedly limited understanding of the DMCA is that it makes circumventing DRM illegal even if the purpose is a legal one like making a personal backup. I also thought that linking to software designed to circumvent DRM was prohibited. Am I wrong? (I haven't bothered to read the Act, so my understanding comes second-hand at best.)

I realize that some parts of the law may not have been challenged in court, but does anyone really think that the industry that bribed -- I mean lobbied Congress into passing this thing would be in any danger of losing? All the industry has to do is decide they want to make an example out of somebody. Their pockets are so deep, who could afford to fight them for long?

They don't have to be right or win. They just have to spend money until you quit. When the cost of defending yourself will ruin you, you effectively don't have any rights at all.