Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Copying encrypted files from a DVD

[Stroller]

On 16 May 2009, at 17:20, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>> ...
>> It WILL make an exact copy of the DVD onto the drive (assuming DVD
>> video, and no ARccOS [1]), it will just be an exact copy of the
>> *encrypted* movie. It won't be playable without an additional
>> decryption step (although mplayer can include this step
>> automagically), but it will be an *exact* copy.
>
> Even with a DVD-Video, you will not be able to make a copy of the DVD
> using dd if the DVD is using CSS.
>
> The sectors that are carrying content from VOB files will not be
> redable before
> you unlock the drive using e.g. dvdbackup.

I'm assuming you're talking about cross-region copies here? I.E. a  
region 2 disk in a region 2 drive will still be clonable in this way?

Certainly I have copied disks using `dd` a number of times, PRIOR to  
decryption / ripping. However I cannot state the drives' status for  
sure - most of mine have region-free firmware applied as soon as I get  
them.

Stroller.