best way to SECURE DVD data when copying?

[chooks]

after making a movie in PE, is there a good way to make copies of the movie secure to discourage people from copying the info and giving it out to everyone willy nilly? I would be interested to know if some of the DVD authoring programs could do this.

thanks

[Chuck Engels]

This is a topic that comes up on occasion. Some of the professional authoring applications have minor digital rights management or copy protection but nothing that will stop anyone if they really want to copy it. Even the big movie producers have trouble keeping people from making copies. If you search online you will find many DVD Rippers available, and most of them work.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Here is an example of free 'remove protection from a DVD' software.

http://www.dvd43.com/

As Chuck says, it is nigh on impossible to copy protect a DVD. The process may deter some computer users but anyone with slight PC knowledge will overcome the protection. Now with commercially produced BluRay DVDs that is a whole different issue....

[Paul LS]

Now with commercially produced BluRay DVDs that is a whole different issue....

Dont think so... http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvdhd.html

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Ahhh! I stand corrected.

I had heard that the BluRay encoding had been cracked very shortly after BluRay discs began to appear. I wasn't aware that it had reached the 'commercial' stage, if you see what I mean.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Just trying to be helpful and also out of curiosity I was going to try the Slysoft product to copy a legitimate BD disc so that I could post a 'tried and tested' style review comment here.

But it seems that I had previously downloaded Slysoft on a trial basis for DVD copying (I use 1Click DVD Copy Pro - which doesn't support BD copying) so it wouldn't let me run it again as my trial period had expired.

[Paul LS]

I use the standard Sly Fox AnyDVD for playing standard DVDs on my home theatre PC to my TV through a video card... I need as Microsoft wont let you play an encrypted DVD through a video card connected to a TV. I would try the HD version John but dont have a Bluray player...

[JohnnyO]

I've been using DVDFAB to make backup copies of commercial DVDs with great success

[chooks]

thanks for your reply's. Will just have to come to terms on having my work copied by others.