Re: DVD copying and CSS
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 08:38:44PM -0600, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> With the recent injunction granted against 321 Studios for their DVD X
> Copy software for copying DVDs, I've been wondering something. Why is it
> necessary to break CSS encryption to make a copy? Could you not make a
> bit-for-bit copy of the DVD and have the contents still be encrypted on
> the new medium? I mean, copying an mp3 file from one cd to another
> doesn't require you to decode it first.
You can. Just use dd.
dd if=/path/to/your/dvd of=/path/to/where/you/want/to/make/an/image
You now have a bit-for-bit copy of your DVD. Note that you should
only do this for archival purposes only.
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