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Copy Protection

Nov 22, 2004 5:17AM PST

I made home travel movies that I gave the final copy to several friends/relatives who asked for them. How could I prevent them from making copies of my produced DVD? Would there be software available for copy protecting the DVD disk? Any advise would be very much appreciated. Thanks, HTan

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Re: Copy Protection (for home?) no.
Nov 22, 2004 11:12AM PST

Frankly, look at DVDSHRINK which explains that even if you managed to encrypt such, there is this tool...

Bob

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Re: Copy Protection (for home?) no.
Nov 26, 2004 9:44AM PST

Thanks Bob. Yes, I know because I also have 1ClickDVDCopy that with a DVD-Decrypter could copy commercial DVD movies. However, if I could find a software that could protect a home DVD movie being copied by people/friends, who are not that computer savvy, perhaps it still would be worthwhile. In this case, if it is too much trouble they may not want to copy it. htan

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Re: Copy Protection (for home?) OK, your wallet!
Nov 27, 2004 3:40AM PST
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Thanks
Jan 5, 2005 5:52AM PST

Thanks, Bob for the info. You are right, it appears to be expensive and probably not worth doing it.