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Author
5 Apr 2005 1:12 PM
Fernando
I would like to protect a DVD produced by me for not allowing copies no
authorized. How to do that?
Tks
Fernando

Author
5 Apr 2005 2:10 PM
Tony soprano
"Fernando" <fjp***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112707114.372691@gorgo.centroin.com.br...
> I would like to protect a DVD produced by me for not allowing copies no
> authorized. How to do that?
> Tks
> Fernando
>
>
Can't be done.

Sure you could use Pro Coder or another piece of software that adds
macrovision but any ripper would remove it easily.

Commercial DVD makers can't even stop unauthorized copies.

T.
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Author
5 Apr 2005 2:39 PM
Rob
"Fernando" <fjp***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112707114.372691@gorgo.centroin.com.br...
> I would like to protect a DVD produced by me for not allowing copies no
> authorized. How to do that?
> Tks
> Fernando
>
>
Lock it away in a well hidden safe and tell no one about it.
Author
5 Apr 2005 3:11 PM
Bill Turner
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:12:47 -0300, "Fernando" <fjp***@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I would like to protect a DVD produced by me for not allowing copies no
>authorized. How to do that?
>Tks
>Fernando
>
___________________________________________________________

LOL!

Hollywood movie studios with their unlimited bank accounts can't do it,
but this gentleman would like to find a little program he could download
from the internet. Made my day.

--
BT
Author
6 Apr 2005 4:40 AM
RichA
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:12:47 -0300, "Fernando" <fjp***@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I would like to protect a DVD produced by me for not allowing copies no
>authorized. How to do that?
>Tks
>Fernando
>

Make it only playable on computers and write into the software
the need for a hard key (dongle).  It still won't help.
-Rich
Author
6 Apr 2005 3:43 PM
Bill Turner
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 00:40:48 -0400, RichA <n***@none.com> wrote:

>Make it only playable on computers and write into the software
>the need for a hard key (dongle).  It still won't help.
>-Rich
___________________________________________________________

Rich is correct. Think about it - anything that can be played can be
cracked. Your set-top DVD player is 'cracking' the DVD as it plays,
isn't it?

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BT
Author
6 Apr 2005 6:12 AM
Mark Spatny
Fernando,fjp***@hotmail.com says...
> I would like to protect a DVD produced by me for not allowing copies no
> authorized. How to do that?
> Tks
> Fernando

Instead of burning a regular video DVD, you could burn a data DVD with
Windows Media files, and work with a company to set up a digital rights
management system. If a person wants to watch the video, they will need
to view it on a computer, log in to the internet, and supply password
information. You can control how many times they can view the DVD, and
when, before the file is no longer valid.

Similar systems are available for quicktime movies, too.

Unfortunately for you, regular video DVDs do not have a good way to
protect against copying.
Author
6 Apr 2005 3:46 PM
Bill Turner
On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 06:12:10 GMT, Mark Spatny
<vfxproducer@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:

>Instead of burning a regular video DVD, you could burn a data DVD with
>Windows Media files, and work with a company to set up a digital rights
>management system. If a person wants to watch the video, they will need
>to view it on a computer, log in to the internet, and supply password
>information. You can control how many times they can view the DVD, and
>when, before the file is no longer valid.
___________________________________________________________

The WMA and WMV system can be 'cracked' by simply recording the output
as the file plays. True, so far no one has cracked the original files,
but recording the output does the job. I *might* have done it myself a
time or two.  :-)

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BT
Author
7 Apr 2005 7:35 AM
Mark Spatny
Bill Turner,no***@nohow.com says...
> On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 06:12:10 GMT, Mark Spatny
> <vfxproducer@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Instead of burning a regular video DVD, you could burn a data DVD with
> >Windows Media files, and work with a company to set up a digital rights
> >management system. If a person wants to watch the video, they will need
> >to view it on a computer, log in to the internet, and supply password
> >information. You can control how many times they can view the DVD, and
> >when, before the file is no longer valid.
> ___________________________________________________________
>
> The WMA and WMV system can be 'cracked' by simply recording the output
> as the file plays.

That's not a crack, it's a lossy analog copy. Not the same thing at all.
The point is, a physical copy of the DVD itself is useless, which is the
best copy protection available right now.
Author
7 Apr 2005 3:47 PM
Jeff Rife
Mark Spatny (vfxproducer@NOSPAMhotmail.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > The WMA and WMV system can be 'cracked' by simply recording the output
> > as the file plays.
>
> That's not a crack, it's a lossy analog copy.

There are programs that record the digital data of WMV (or WMA) after the
source is decrypted.  They act like a digital VCR, in a sense.

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