Posted by Marv Soloff on 05/20/07 01:23

Grinder wrote:
> Marv Soloff wrote:
>
>> Brian Gregory [UK] wrote:
>>
>>> "Marv Soloff" <msoloff@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>> news:CYJ3i.4739$qp5.1948@trnddc03...
>>>
>>>> evenlater@earthlink.net wrote:
>>>> Get a copy of the German DEFA Production of "Turandot". Study how
>>>> they copy protected this disk.
>>>> Every ripping program I tried on this sucker indicated "there was no
>>>> disk in the drive" Drove me
>>>> nuts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Did AnyDVD fail?
>>>
>>> AnyDVD in combination with a normal DVD copier such as NERO is surely
>>> the obvious way to copy protected DVDs. It does cost $40 though.
>>>
>> Yep. Any DVD, DVDEcrypter, FabDVD (latest). The DEFA disk plays fine
>> in a player, but the rip programs cannot find it on the computer. How
>> this is done, I don't know. Finally, I had to feed the DVD output to
>> a high quality VCR and copied the damn thing.
>
>
> Is there any chance the disc has software on it that was surreptitiously
> installed? eg, Do you have autorun disabled on your computer?

I don't know. Interesting idea though, I'll look. Something like a
'rootkit'?

M

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