Patent ID: 8381310

Claim:
A method executable by a computer system coupled to a local display, the method comprising: capturing video media content rendered on the local display by a media player application executed by the computer system and obtained from a digital versatile disc (DVD), the video media content captured from video memory while rendered on the local display by the media player application; determining whether the media player application is accessing copy protected video content stored on the DVD, determining comprising: parsing the DVD file structure to find information regarding titles contained within the DVD file structure; selecting at least one title based, at least in part, upon title duration; and searching the selected title to determine if the selected title contains instructions to activate analog copy protection; if it is determined that the selected title does not contain instructions to activate analog copy protection, converting the captured digital video content to a media stream and transmitting the media stream over a network for presentation on a remote display; and if it is determined that the selected title contains instructions to activate analog copy protection, blocking transmission of the media stream and causing a visual copy protection alert to be displayed on the remote display.