Comments on: Do not rip DVD’s in Linux

By: DVD iPod

DVD iPod — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:41:41 +0000

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By: agencja Reklamowa

agencja Reklamowa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:32:23 +0000

Totally agree! Kids are nightmare! Law should allow us to make as many copies as we want when we have kids in house. I keep my DVD’s and BluRay’s in the locked case. I hope they will never guess the code to the lock.

By: MarkusR

MarkusR — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:16:35 +0000

The person who said that DVD is better than VHS because DVD doesn’t degrade with every use, never had kids.

By: Dan J

Dan J — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:30:53 +0000

Yes, you should be able to protect yourself by making a backup copy, but that's not what the entertainment industry wants. They only want your money. And since they already have so much of it to begin with, which allows them to purchase all the legislation power they desire, they usually get what they want.

By: omar

omar — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:52:08 +0000

If your DVD breaks, they should give you a new one. But they don’t. They claim you did not really buy the DVD, you bought the rights. But then, you shold be able to protect your rights by making a copy.

By: The Science Pundit

The Science Pundit — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:38:42 +0000

All my friends who have kids hate the DRM and are always looking for the latest pirating software. If there’s one thing in life that’s for sure (besides death and taxes), it’s that kids will destroy DVD’s. That’s why when you pick up the latest Pixar DVD, the first thing you want to do is rip it, then burn off several copies, and keep the original where the kids can’t get to it.

By: Dan J

Dan J — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:35:11 +0000

Oh, the DVD media itself isn't the problem. See Content Scramble System on Wikipedia for some background info. The CSS keys used for encryption/decryption must be licensed from the DVD Copy Control Association. Most major studios are members of this association. You might (or might not) notice that many DVDs from small distribution companies are not encrypted. These distributors/publishers realize that the DRM does not help them, and they aren't willing to pay licensing fees for something that simply doesn't work.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:09:46 +0000

Huh, I always thought of DVD as some open medium just floating around. Thanks for clearing that up.

By: Dan J

Dan J — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:34:07 +0000

So wait, you cannot rip CDs or DVDs in Linux, but you can in Windows or Mac? I am clearly missing a few details here.

The details come in the form of licenses. When you purchase an operating system from Microsoft or Macintosh, part of that purchase price goes toward licensing fees that the developer paid to the owner of a proprietary piece of software in order to include that software in the OS. Because Linux is usually available for free, the developers include only freely available open source software. To my knowledge there is no freely available open source DVD player available, as the required decryption algorithms are proprietary.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:15:16 +0000

I applaud omar’s very dry sense of humor.