url URL date NUMBER NUMBER NUMBERtNUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER decss detractors have repeatedly claimed that decss needs to be stopped because it makes perfect digital copies of dvds possible recently in private email ernest miller claimed that doing so would be a violation of the dmca in this in depth special report i show that using perfectly legal i assume licensed off the shelf consumer software copying dvds is easy and in many ways encouraged tools NUMBER powerbook gNUMBER with slot loading dvd drive any model should work NUMBER monsters inc collector s edition dvd any dvd should work NUMBER copy of mac os x NUMBER NUMBER jaguar process NUMBER insert dvd into drive notice how jaguar helpfully loads the dvd player for you NUMBER open the dvd it appears on the desktop and drag the video_ts folder to your hard drive ejct the dvd NUMBER in dvd player select open video_ts folder from the file menu use the dialog that appears to select the video_ts folder on your hard drive now the dvd plays just like it would were the dvd in the drive by extension i could also put the dvd up on my site for you to download and watch i could share it via a pNUMBERp network and i haven t done anything to decrypt the dvd or violate the dmca i ve used only basic tools available to all normal computer users on my i assume fully licensed consumer laptop disclaimer seth schoen whose opinion i highly respect on these matters finds it unlikely that the dvd was css encrypted if this was possible i am not sure how to verify if the dvd is css encrypted if someone has a suggestion please let me know however if it is true then it s very interesting that disney has released such a major movie without encryption 