1. What is a protected DVD ?

A protected DVD is a DVD movie that contains CSS or Content Scrambling System, which is a digital rights management to protect commercial DVD movies. Manufacturers or producers use CSS keys set which is a collective term for authentication key, player key, title key, disc key, second disk key set, and/or encrypted key to protect the disc’s content from being duplicated by unauthorized parties.

2. Is it possible to Copy Protected on Mac ?

There are several programs to copy protected DVD’s for windows, such as DVD43, DVD Decrypter. But when you want to copy protected DVD on Mac system, it will become difficult.

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This article is dedicating to demonstrate how to backup copyright protected DVD movie to computer and copy DVD to a new DVD disc with no protections on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard).

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Step1 Insert your protected DVD

After launched the program, this program will remind you to insert your DVD Disc. Note: this DVD Copy program support to compress a Dual-Layer DVD (DVD-9) movie to a Single-Layer DVD±R/W (DVD-5) disc.

Step2 Select Output Method

You can choose to copy your DVD movie to a new DVD disc or backup your DVD movie as VIDEO_TS/.dvdmedia/.ISO on your Mac computer.

Step3 Start Copying Protected DVD

After all is set, you can start copying your protected DVD movie to a new DVD disc or backup your DVD movie for watching on your Mac. Learn more about how to copy or backup DVD movies on Mac OS X.

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