magiclady, The first part of copying a "copy protected" DVD is to rip it. Ripping is reading the contents of the dvd, removing the copy protection and then storing the unencrypted result ontop disk or DVD-blank. Many programs are available which can achieve this. DVDShrink, DVDecrypter, amongst many. Take the time to read basics from this site.. and it will become clear. Regards, CK