Can homemade DVD's be copy protected?

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Halle Author

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Can homemade DVD's be copy protected?

Is it possible to make copy protected DVD's on a PC?

The file is a PowerPoint Presentation of flower images, and my daughter's club would like to make 100

copies for members to play at home on their DVD's. But...they are apparently

paranoid about 'protecting' the images.

I know that most any DVD can be ripped by someone who is computer savvy and

determined, but is there a way to make 100 DVDs relatively cheaply on a PC (a local

Richmond service quotes appx $500) which affords at least a modicum of copy

protection?

Thanks

Hal

PS: Re PCs: I know this is an Apple forum, but my daughter's club uses PC's. :-(

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 7:57 AM

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Answer 1

Klaus1

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Oct 14, 2011 8:03 AM in response to Halle

No, homemade DVDs cannot be copy protected.

I would suggest that a logo or other text (like a copyright notice) be placed on each photo using an image editing program like Photoshop.

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Answer 2

Old Toad

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Oct 14, 2011 12:16 PM in response to Halle

You can watermark the images in iPhoto or outside of iPhoto with one of the many watermarking applicaitons that are available. Go to MacUpdate.com and search for "watermark" for a list of possible candidates.

OT

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Answer 3

Halle Author

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Oct 14, 2011 12:25 PM in response to Old Toad

Thanks for the responses.

Don't think they'll want to watermark the images (I"m assuming the watermarks will show). They want to give these DVD with the flower images to play on their home TV's, and the watermarks would be distracting.

I think if I converted from a PowerPoint file to a video (which is somewhat more difficult to rip), and put that on DVD's for her -- they'd look as if it were a slide show, e.g., the images would cycle one after the other, and that would afford a certain protection. And besides, the burden would be on the people who ripped the DVD, rather than on the club since they'd taken reasonable precautions to project the images. Or so I would think.

Hal

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Answer 4

Oct 15, 2011 12:10 AM in response to Halle

Hi

My notes on this.

DVD Copy-protection

No there is non in standard iDVD.

The most common solution is to put a logo that stays on top of the full movie.

e.g.. Copyrighted to . Or made by etc.

And a Start-Menu as on Commercial DVDs

Not even if You buy FinalCut Studio and get DVD-Studio Pro. You will not get this.

The Copy-protection in DVD-Studio Pro is just a flag set to alert DVD-producers

to make this in DVD-burning Companies.

There is such protections to Commercial materials and to astronomical costs.

And one can figure to what need, when there are no really secure Copy-protection.

One can only plead to respect the Copyrights

NEWS ! Karsten got a very interesting solution

sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/diy-dvd-copy-protection

Yours Bengt W

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