[G4] Pioneer DVD and Movies

[Steve Goldstein]

I own several DVD's.  If I travel and want to watch them on an 
airplane or in my hotel room, I would prefer to take a copy along, 
rather than the original.  I believe that is fair use. I can easily 
copy a commercial DVD that I already own with DVD X Copy or DVD X 
Copy Express in Windows.  It is truly a one-click affair (well, 
actually, three clicks in DVD X Copy: the first to  press the "No" 
button and thereby to agree that the source disc is my own, the 
second to "Copy," and the third to either "Burn," or if you happen to 
have a second DVD drive as I do, to check the box that says that a 
burnable disc is loaded and ready; from that point, it's all 
automagical.  The finished copy bears a startup screen that informs 
that is is a copy made under the principle of fair use; the copy 
cannot be further copied.)  Would that there were such easy-to-use 
software for the Mac.--Steve

At 5:06 PM -0600 12/28/03, CJ Scaminaci wrote:
>If it involves a possibility of illegal activity in any way, it 
>shouldn't be discussed here. However, most commercial DVD's are copy 
>protected. So one can't re-produce them very easily. My two cents.