Adding Copyright Protection to DVDs

Hi Pink.

I am not an expert at this, but I will throw in my $.02.

The major movie studios spend bags of money trying to prevent people from copying their movies from DVD's - all to no avail. If someone really wants to copy a DVD you can't stop them very easily. There is all kinds of software out there that is designed to help people copy DVD's/CD's, so you are probably fighting a losing battle.

Good luck.

Brian

Message was edited by: Brian51059

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Macrovision type anti-piracy strategies are only available on Replicated disks. This means you have to send it out to a vendor, pay a fee and have a serious number of disks made.

And, as been said by Brian, if someone wants to copy it, they can find a way around it.

Get used to the wild world where everything is expected to be free and intellectual property rights is a concept that only seems relevant when it's 'your' stuff at risk.

You can do your part by not using any music to which you don't have the mechanical and sync rights, have model releases/contracts for all appropriate people and secured the rights to use any copywrited logos, brands etc in the film.

I'm sure you've done all that.

Good luck.

x

Hi pink20-

In addition to the other posts, I'd add that a lot also depends on what you are trying to protect.

I do videos for folks, and when I give them a disk of work for their review I definitely go the watermark route simply because I have had a client steal my initial work by copying the DVD and I'd rather avoid it. The watermark is just plain ugly.

As far as finished work, my stuff ultimately belongs to whomever paid me. If you are distributing your own work and people start copying it and stealing it that is almost a complement, isn't it?

Luck-

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