How do you prevent others from copying your vcds??

[tylerdurdan]

I ran searches for copyright and several other phrases but I cant find anyhting.

I have many VCD's and I dont want others to copy them.
I did all the work, I also sell some for cash and dont want others giving me competition.

What programs are easy to work with in order to prevent others from copying your VCd's?
Are their any guides to doing this?

Thanks for the help in advance .

[ZippyP.]

Good luck! Even the studios can't do it!

[Conquest10]

take your cd in one hand. and take you keys in the other. put a key to the cd and make a deep groove into the cd. start from the center and work your way to the edge. that will stop those pirates from copying your disc.

[tylerdurdan]

I know that they can still get around the copyrighting, but if they are complete newbies like I was they wil have a hard time breaking it without some work.

Are there any programs that can put a fence up, even if the fence is only 3 feet high??

And LOL at the key joke

[Cyrl]

Tyler let me make some suggestions... Making VCD's of DVD's you rented or purchased for your own personal use, it's illegal if you do this with a rented Disc, it's still even technically illegal with a disc you purchased, something about Decss and all that being bad for us... likelyhood of getting in trouble for doing it... slim to non....

Selling VCD's you've made of DVD's you've rented/purchased, or movies you've recorded off Cable/Broadcast, in every way illegal, likelyhood of being caught and getting fined, quite a bit more than for your personal use.

Intelligence of a person coming to a public forum asking how to "copy protect" VCD's that they are planning to make and sell illegally... well lets just Make this a visa commercial...

DVD Rental - $5.83
DVD-Rom drive to rip DVD - $53.49
Software and guides to convert from DVD to VCD - Free*
CD Burner - $74.89
Blank CD's - $.07 each
IQ of the person trying to sell the illegal VCD's - 0
Beign able to make fun of him for asking how to copyright the illegal VCD's on a public message forum - Priceless

[tylerdurdan]

I no longer am planning on selling the vcds. But i still want to copyright them incase my house is robbed and someone else tries to make copies to sell to other people. The only reason i am copyrighting the vcd's is because i am a concerned citizen who follows the law diligently.

So, what programs allow you to copyright a vcd?

[Cyrl]

ok, that actually made me laugh out loud....

You can't copy protect them.

There is nothing you can do to a CD with a home CD burner that can make it unable to be duplicated, it's impossible, if a CD burner can create the disc, another one can read it and make a bit for bit copy. CD copy protection schemes involve certain aspects of how they are pressed.

[eatin sammiches for lunch]

If u dont want others to copy your vcds then this is what u need to do.............


Dont Lend them out!!

[Faceman101]

he sells them to make money. he's a pirate and this thread should be deleted.

[Cornucopia]

IF he's making his own video, as in home movie transfer or hobbyist videography--which some of us on this forum actually do here , his question is a valid one and one that shouldn't be immediately second guessed and put down.

tylerdurdan:

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On the other hand, maybe he doesn't really need this info. Sure sounds like crossing the line to me--reading subsequent posts--.

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HTH,
Scott

[Cyrl]

IF I had any doubt about what he was doing and thought that he was making his own movies to sell then I'd have not posted the response I did... but maybe I shouldn't have anyway, then again, his response to the response was very amusing, and pointed exactly where the initial response was responding to...

IF he's making his own video, as in home movie transfer or hobbyist videography--which some of us on this forum actually do here , his question is a valid one and one that shouldn't be immediately second guessed and put down.

tylerdurdan:

try doing another search in the forums on "copy protection". There is some info there on "FreeLock" and similar schemes.
All of these schemes are, however, not foolproof.

HTH,
Scott

[Cornucopia]

Yeah, I see what you mean about the

I no longer am planning on selling the vcds

is fishy.

[tylerdurdan]

he sells them to make money. he's a pirate and this thread should be deleted.

Dude, seriously, anyone on this site who downloads from kaaza or burns a cd or has a friend make them a copy of Wrestlemania XI form last Sunday is guilty of "pirating".

What is the big deal if I make a couple of copies of movies, tv shows and pornos to sell to kids in school in between PE and Lunch?

I doubt the feds are gonna nab a 16 year old for a crime. I think their hands are full right now dealing with those mis-guided terrorist characters.

To be on the safe side, maybe I should start having a company policy of having all of my customers sign a highly formatted document agreeing to undisclosed terms which clearly state that all money paid to me is for my effort, not the product, and that they recieved a free back up copy of a video the already own, as a gift.
Though it may be quite hard to get my principal to sign his name admiting he recieved the vcd...
"Naughty Catholic School Girls Play Dress-up Part 7 - The Unrated version

Anyways thanks for the help.

[Conquest10]

What is the big deal if I make a couple of copies of movies, tv shows and pornos to sell to kids in school in between PE and Lunch?

I doubt the feds are gonna nab a 16 year old for a crime. I think their hands are full right now dealing with those mis-guided terrorist characters.

the big deal is that selling of copyrighted material without permission is illegal. and actually, the feds might go after you. they are not that tied up with terrorists.

[tylerdurdan]

In my defense.
I will admit that I do sell my products to make money; however, I also sell my products because I like to share good stuff. I love it when people buy Every Episode of The Simpsons or Every Episode of Beavis and Butthead on VCD from me. The Simpsons is a great show, everyone should watch it. It will improve their outlook on life dramatically.

Its like when you hear a funny joke and just have to tell it to someone else.

[Conquest10]

yeah, but you're not stealing that joke and then selling it for profit.

[Conquest10]

ok, you are selling an illegal disc... but you don't want other people to copy your illegal disc?

[tylerdurdan]

ok, you are selling an illegal disc... but you don't want other people to copy your illegal disc?

Did you know that executives at Walmart planted anthrax in variouc containers of spam atr K-Mart stores in a competition-War?? The result, K-Mart is outta bussiness.

[Conquest10]

what does that have to do with your illegal operation? and learn to spell, newbie.

[tylerdurdan]

what does that have to do with your illegal operation? and learn to spell, newbie.

Don't blame me for my spelling, blame the federal goverment...
i lovez publik educatshun

[Conquest10]

what are you, 12?

[tylerdurdan]

what are you, 12?

I stated earlier that i was 16. I think the majority of people will find my posts entertaining.

Plus, I gave u an lol earlier.
Learn to laugh.

[VCD-Addicted]

The only reason i am copyrighting the vcd's is because i am a concerned citizen who follows the law diligently.

Your actions say differently I'm afraid.

I don't mean to be rude but you've stated (in this thread) that you take "copyrighted" content then in turn sell them for profit. Taking profit off of someone else's work, let alone not something within your right to do so in the first place. Doing so is a federal and serious offense.

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