......ok i'm a little confused.

i rented 'Kingdom of Heaven' and as i begin to watch it, i notice they have an add after you hit play that warns you not to pirate movie.. and went on to flash things about not downloading movies cos its illegal for all ages.

my question is.. if these movie companies have megamatrillionz of $dollars$ cant they just shut down the dvdr industry?

they try to deter us from downloading movies, but then there's an add in the paper for dvdr's on sale at some store, somewhere, usa.

its a catch 22 really. they tell you they will fine you up $250,000.00 for duplicating this film. :shock: a bit steep no?

thoughts :idea:

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dvdrs are not just for copying movies jibby, even backing up large mounds of data from hard drives....

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That's like asking why the music industry doesn't put a stop to personal audio players or CDRs. The reason the movie industry didn't go after DVDRs goes back to the late 70s/early 80s and their failed attempt at eliminating VCRs.

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i still am not even sure if its possible to make an exact duplicate of a dvd anyway. i've never tried it but from what i've heard you lose 5.1 sound, some picture quality, as well as menu titles/extra features. but maybe it's changed.

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^^ you dont lose anything other than the quality of the sound and video due to compression if its on a single layered DVD, you dont lose squat on dual layered

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^^^ damn you sound sexy.

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funny thing is, i have had some dvds that i will try to rip and it wont work anyway... im sure there is a way around it, but i cant be arsed to look for it, so if they really dont want it ripped, there should be some form of protection...

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dvd condoms?

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buy law. you are allowed to make 1 copy of all digital data. that includes dvds, cds, etc.

aka backup.

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[QUOTE]dvd condoms?[/QUOTE]

that's it. you pissed me off. where do you live?

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in portland

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yes, but you cant backup something you rented legally.... :lol:

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[QUOTE=3d_1200]in portland[/QUOTE]

you don't want none-a him dude, trust me. he's loco.

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[quote=peloquin]you don't want none-a him dude, trust me. he's loco.[/quote]

[quote=asdf_admin]^^^ damn you sound sexy.[/quote]

:what

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[quote=Encryption]dvdrs are not just for copying movies jibby, even backing up large mounds of data from hard drives....[/quote]

[FONT=Tahoma]yeah, yeah... thats the ticket.... thats why I bought mine. movie piracy? who has time to watch movies i have too much "backin up" to do. ;)[/FONT]

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i'm well aware that dvdr's can be used for data backup. just seems retarded that on one hand they sell you dvdr's and on the other they sue you for copying films.

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it's kinda like the "tobacco" water bong thing. as long you state tobacco, it is legal. once the term bong is used by itself, it becomes [SIZE=-1]paraphernalia. i know what you mean. everyone knows you ain't smoking tobacco out that thing. i have never one watched someone take a pull of a six footer with [/SIZE]Samson Blue. :lol: o America. the sweet red, white and blue.

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"[SIZE=-1]paraphernalia" [/SIZE]good point keyboard.

[SIZE=-1][/SIZE]

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did i spell it correctly?

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i dunno. but i got what you meant.

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haha. i got your point as well. ;)

xoxoxoxo

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you guys are lame

[IMG]http://home.arcor.de/murdok1/ghey.jpg[/IMG]

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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]I make backups of all my DVD with no prob. and its really hard to tell the real one from your copyed one very little noice.And Yes But Law any thing you own !8) [/FONT]

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[quote=peloquin]yes, but you cant backup something you rented legally.... :lol:[/quote]

but u sure can back them up illegally :twisted:

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[quote=Encryption]^^ you dont lose anything other than the quality of the sound and video due to compression if its on a single layered DVD, you dont lose squat on dual layered[/quote]

Actually you forgot one thing... the encryption :lol:

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correction: decryption!

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First thing: If you copy a dvd the sound-quality never decreases. It will be copied 1:1. The movie-quality, however, might be compressed. I?ve got a projector and didn?t ever see one digital compression-artefact, even if the movie was compressed up to 40% ( 60% left of the original).

Second thing: If anyone wants to make a backup of his OWN dvds, then try this: [URL="http://www.dvdshrink.org/"]http://www.dvdshrink.org/[/URL] It?s the easiest backup-program EVER. Best option there is to "re-author" the backup. You can copy only the main-movie (saves space when the silly menues/trailers can be left outside) and select the audio-language-streams. User-restrictions (such as "don?t copy-trailers") will be removed as well as region-codes. A pictured "how-to-do-thinggy" is linked from above website. The program works best together with NERO, dvd-shrink has no burn-option built in. But it ripps the dvd so it can be burnt with any dvd-burning-software.

Third thing: The only dvd?s I know that have a new copy-protection are from SONY. dvd-shrink can not copy them.

Hope that helps,

Cheers8)

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[quote=Chatterbot] Second thing: If anyone wants to make a backup of his OWN dvds, then try this: [URL="http://www.dvdshrink.org/"]http://www.dvdshrink.org/[/URL] It?s the easiest backup-program EVER. [/quote]

Someone beat me to it. Indeed, agreed, hal-a-lu-ah, amen, can I get a witness.:D

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^i use it in to back up my DVDs to image, and DVD Decryptor to write the ISOs

easiest process in the world.

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[quote]DVD Decryptor to write the ISOs

easiest process in the world.[/quote]

I?m sorry, sir, but the easiest process is shrink with installed nero... burns immediately after ripping... must not press one additional key.... ;)

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[quote]Second thing: [I] If anyone wants to make a backup of his OWN dvds, then try this: [URL="http://www.dvdshrink.org/"]http://www.dvdshrink.org/[/URL] It´s the easiest backup-program EVER. [/I] [/quote] Your kidding, there can't be anything easier than DVDXCOPY Platinum (Simple). Omg its insert the dvd and press the big green start button, then insert the blank dvdr and press the big green start button. Then you get a little bling and its finished! [B]Best program ever. [/B]Requires no further installation.

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Owned!?

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:lol:

Would you like to try this Jibby?

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yes. learn me how.

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[QUOTE=Chatterbot][QUOTE=picklemonkey]^i use it in to back up my DVDs to image, and DVD Decryptor to write the ISOs

easiest process in the world.[/QUOTE] I´m sorry, sir, but the easiest process is shrink with installed nero... burns immediately after ripping... must not press one additional key.... ;)[/QUOTE]

easiest free process, for those of us that can't install licensed shit on company systems

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[quote=Balanc3]Your kidding, there can't be anything easier than DVDXCOPY Platinum (Simple). Omg its insert the dvd and press the big green start button, then insert the blank dvdr and press the big green start button. Then you get a little bling and its finished! [B]Best program ever. [/B]Requires no further installation.[/quote] Will try this one, then we?ll see. From the short description on the download-site it doesn?t have the option to re-author like shrink!? Personally I don?t wanna have the f***ing menus on my copy. Sometimes they are awfully programmed (lanuage-selection, etc) plus it would save space to ignore them... Further I would want to select the audio-sections (languages) to save space too... (So it cannot be THAT simple, can it?;) ) :?:

But thanks for the info anyway!

Picklemonkey: You?re right, nero needs a license. But here in Germany nero is delivered with almost every dvd-burner for free...

Cheers8) Chatter

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^USA too... but not with preloaded business systems

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nerds.