why won't my dvd burner (sonic dla) take my purchased dvd and burn it?

Question

yes, i know about copyrights. but if i purchase a dvd and i want to burn it so that i have a backup of it, how do i override the sonic dla dvd burner settings so that the copy protect is bypassed?

is there another program out there, particularly, free, that would help me perform this task?

Answer 1

Making a "backup" has a nice ring to it. Many peeps out there "think" that's what makes it legal.

But if you read up on the law, you'll quickly see why it isn't legit. Copyright law from the early 80s stated that everyone has a right to make a backup, just as long as it wasn't in use or in a position to be used while the original was.

BUT....

The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) of 1998 that our pal Bill Clinton signed into law states that you DO NOT have the right to circumvent mechanisms used to protect from copying. That's a fancy way of saying you can't crack the protection. It's a catch-22. You are allowed to make backups, but you can't crack the protection to do so.

Now that I've got that out of my system, you might want to look for a program called DVD Decrypter or DVDFAB. They're the most popular. You would then need to use DVD-Shrink or Nero's Ultra Edition to get it to fit on a 4.7GB DVD (or you can always use a 8.5GB dual-layer disc and skip that step).

Answer 2

www.dvdshrink.org