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kristopherb
Nov 17, 2007, 01:42 PM
My brother(13) doesn't like to take care of DVD's so i came up the idea of ripping on the computer so when he brakes them i can burn them on CD. But i don't know how to rip them on to the computer.Please help.
Damnyankee
Nov 17, 2007, 01:51 PM
My brother(13) doesn't like to take care of DVD's so i came up the idea of ripping on the computer so when he brakes them i can burn them on CD. But i don't know how to rip them on to the computer.Please help.

I'm not exactly sure if I would be allowed to help you, lol
sourboy
Nov 17, 2007, 02:16 PM
It's not illegal to duplicate a copy of something you own. It's illegal to distribute copies.
Birdjaguar
Nov 17, 2007, 02:19 PM
If you have a music program like itunes, just insert the Cd into the drive and usually iTunes will automatically open and ask if you want to copy (import) the songs to your HDD. Say yes and watch it happen.
Damnyankee
Nov 17, 2007, 02:20 PM
It's not illegal to duplicate a copy of something you own. It's illegal to distribute copies.

Alright, get DVD Decrypter and Nero Recode, then i'll give you a step by step.
ainwood
Nov 17, 2007, 02:23 PM
Moved.

Backing-up: Fine.

But any discussions on getting around coy protection etc will be over the line, and will see this thread closed, andt he offenders dealt with.

And yes: I realise copy protection may stop legitimate backing-up, but the line needs to be somewhere.
mdwh
Nov 17, 2007, 04:38 PM
Couldn't the line be drawn at infringing copyright?

Thankfully getting round copyright restrictions, when you're not infringing copyright, is legal in most of the world - though yes, I believe in the US it's illegal to hold down the shift key (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/10/09/sunncomm_to_sue_shift_key/)...

AIUI, any DVD ripping involves bypassing copyright restrictions, so we can't tell you. Ripping (non-crippled) CDs is fine though.
Zelig
Nov 17, 2007, 05:51 PM
And yes: I realise copy protection may stop legitimate backing-up, but the line needs to be somewhere.

Which ironically, is the only thing it stops, as illegitamate users simply download copies without copy copy protection.

mdwh covered the rest, there isn't much detail that can be gone into without getting around copy protection, which is present in almost all commercial media.