Can you protect your own DVD from being copied

[caveman]

I create a lot of slideshows on DVDs and share them with friends. However, is there a way to protect my personal DVDs so they can not be copied just like ones you buy. Thanks

CP

[Sifaga]

No not really

you can copy ones you buy too

[jimmalenko]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=223640
https://www.videohelp.com/faq#copyprotect
https://www.videohelp.com/faq#copyprotectdvd

No. If you don't want them copied, don't share them

[thecoalman]

is there a way to protect my personal DVDs so they can not be copied just like ones you buy.

The Macrovision and CSS licenses are $$$$$$$. Realistically neither provides any real security since either can be easily broken using software or external devices.

[garryheather]

Possibly a little radical...

http://www.techimo.com/photo/data/500/37cdprotection2-med.jpg

[canadateck]

Possibly a little radical...

http://www.techimo.com/photo/data/500/37cdprotection2-med.jpg

Yeah but you can use a Pen to open those locks..

[mats.hogberg]

so they can not be copied just like ones you buy.

Thank you! You just saved my day!

/Mats
(Seriousy, this has been asked many, many times before, and is always a target for ridicule. The answers here are among the most civil retorts I've seen - is everyone on Prozac today?)

[thecoalman]

is everyone on Prozac today?)

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=258231

[Nilfennasion]

There is one garanteed way to make certain your disc will not be copied. Don't make the content worth watching. And even then, don't expect a 100% success rate. Peter Jackson has a lot of haters (I'm acquainted with them) who make zillions of different recordable configurations of his discs just so it is $50-80, depending on where you live, that he won't get. If a director who is that good at fooling people he can make people believe he achieved something by destroying Tolkien's writing to the exact same tune as Bakshi did some 23-25 years before can't protect his own work electronically, I have but one question.

What makes you think you can?

[BJ_M]

is there a way to protect my personal DVDs so they can not be copied just like ones you buy.

The Macrovision and CSS licenses are $$$$$$$. Realistically neither provides any real security since either can be easily broken using software or external devices.

actually they are quite cheap ... macrovision is a sliding scale but in small quantities - its about 75cents a disk and less ..

Not supposed to publish CSS fee's - but in same general area ..

no upfront fees and your replicator will charge slightly more ..

[Supreme2k]

At the very least, you may want to charge them a rental fee, if you feel that you are losing revenue.

[thecoalman]

actually they are quite cheap ... macrovision is a sliding scale but in small quantities - its about 75cents a disk and less ..

Not supposed to publish CSS fee's - but in same general area ..

Ok, still not worth a plugged nickel. :P

Plugged Nickel
This is US slang dating to 1888. Back when coins actually contained valuable metal, it was a counterfeiting practice to remove the silver or other valuable metal from the center of the coin and replace it with a plug of lead or other base metal. Hence, plugged nickel.

[BJ_M]

actually they are quite cheap ... macrovision is a sliding scale but in small quantities - its about 75cents a disk and less ..

Not supposed to publish CSS fee's - but in same general area ..

Ok, still not worth a plugged nickel. :P

Plugged Nickel
This is US slang dating to 1888. Back when coins actually contained valuable metal, it was a counterfeiting practice to remove the silver or other valuable metal from the center of the coin and replace it with a plug of lead or other base metal. Hence, plugged nickel.

yea -- i was only commenting on the price -- not the effectiveness ..

[thecoalman]

yea -- i was only commenting on the price -- not the effectiveness ..

I'm aware o' great one. Just trying to interject a little humor. I had read another thread quoting prices on another board and never researched it... as usual I have stuck my foot squarely in my moputh commenting on something I really have no idea about.

[BJ_M]

what is expensive -- is DRM via MS .... it is insane the fees .. ms has them on their site , though not easy to follow the links .....

[Gurm]

And DRM has been cracked. So... *shrug*

[thecoalman]

And DRM has been cracked. So... *shrug*

As will be anything else they think up, "Where there is a will there is a way"

[BJ_M]

HDMI has not been really cracked faik