encrypting dvds

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  1. mitshubis

    mitshubis Member

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    hi, is it possible to encrypt or copyright my dvds so that no one else can copy them if so how? and with what software,
    thanks.
     
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    Nephilim Moderator Staff Member

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    The only way I know of would be to spend a lot of $$ for macrovision software but even if you do it's easily broken.
     
  3. wilkes

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    No.
    Not unless you author to a DLT tape, and then it can be done at the replicators. You cannot write any form of Copy protection to a DVD.

    However, there is a way we can get around this....
    If you write your master to a DVD-RW disc that has CPRM on it, then you will be able to make copies from this, but those copies cannot be copied. Too easily.
     
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    hi can you explain what CPRM is,
    thanks.
     
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    Yep. Copy Protection for Recorded Media.
    It is on a lot of DVD-RW discs. It effectively allows a single generation of copies to be made.

    It would not stop someone using a tool such as DVDDecrypter from ripping the disc though. All it would do is prevent a casual "copy DVD" tool from doing the job. Honestly, it ain't worth the bother.
     

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