Backing Up Protected DVD's on a Mac

I was just wondering if anyone wanted a simple guide on backing up protected DVD's onto a Mac. I know its not rocket science, but I just wanted to know if there are any people who are new to Macs that want to know how.

If there are I would be able to put up a tutorial probably tomorrow or day after.

 

I would be interested, and I know a few people that would be interested as well.

 

Same. ..

 

Me too. I'll also be interested.

 

but is that legal?

 

There's a very easy way of doing this on the Mac, in fact easier than most methods on a Windows-based system and it's worked 100% of the time for me so far. I do it to backup my son's (3 year old) DVDs 'cause he constantly scratches them and I paid good money for them. It's strictly for personal use.

I've never posted about it here because I was sure the forum rules have something in them banning dissemination of such information or discussing the topic in general. Maybe a MOD can verify whether we can or not; I'd be more than happy to share the process with others here too.

 

I've never understood the reasoning behind questioning whether its legal or not. You own the disc, why shouldnt you be able to store it on your machine, as you can with cd's?

 

I only wished I would have backed up some of my CD and DVD's. Nothing hurts worse than having to buy the same thing over!

 

It depends on which country you live in. In the USA, it is legal to make an exact duplicate of the DVD, but it is illegal to strip the protection from the copy.

 

Because if its not legal then we cant talk about it here, and furthermore, whats to stop someone from doing this to rented DVDs if they figure out how? Its not that we dont want to help, but NBR has to keep its hands sparkling clean.

 

I think that's how it is in Canada too (I could be wrong though, as they made a change not too long ago). Essentially, you can copy any DVD that's not encrypted. But, there's also the fair use act. I just backup my son's DVDs for personal use only (never give them out and keep them at home, so I can replace the damaged disks).

I wish I started backing up his DVDs sooner as I've already lost hundreds of dollars worth, but better late than never.

 

I wonder when people will start having to pay for being able vividly to recall movie scenes or music 'in their head'.

 

lol. Please, don't give them any ideas.

 

Oh I didnt mean about talking about it here, or the process of actually doing it. Whats to stop someone from borrowing a cd from a friend, and importing it in to iTunes, or their Zune, or whatever mp3 player they are using? I just wonder, in general, why its a question of legality when it comes to putting a dvd on a computer, but it doesnt appear to be an issue when it comes to cd/audio.

 

To make it even more confusing, it is legal to use tools to strip copy protection in the USA.


However, it is illegal to distribute those said tool in the USA. So this thread is really walking on a fine line if the servers are hosted in the US, since posting the tools could land us into some trouble.

Edit:

Probably best we shut down this fella right here. Make him go to a foreign hosted forum.

 

OP: You can find multiple approaches to your "problem" with a quick Google search. NBR is pretty heavy-handed when it comes to anything of questionable legality being posted despite fair use arguments and the like, so you might have to go look around for a minute.

 

So I guess I won't do it since it's against forum rules?