[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copying DVDs to personal computer -- RealNetworks sued by movie studios
Good luck with that. After trying to figure out how to rip a DVD to AVI last week (our own video), I learned that there're plenty of free solutions out there. Not that I would condone or suggest one should rip DVDs, but if one were to do so for personal use and was curious what kinds of software are free and good for the task, you'd probably want to look at Handbrake - http://handbrake.fr/ -bw. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bruce Wyman, Director of Technology Denver Art Museum / 100 W 14th Ave. Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204 office: 720.913.0159 / fax: 720.913.0002 bwyman at denverartmuseum.org
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copying DVDs to personal computer -- RealNetworks sued by movie studios
mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu wrote on 03/12/2009 07:22:30 AM: Good luck with that. After trying to figure out how to rip a DVD to AVI last week (our own video), I learned that there're plenty of free solutions out there. Not that I would condone or suggest one should rip DVDs, but if one were to do so for personal use and was curious what kinds of software are free and good for the task, you'd probably want to look at Handbrake - http://handbrake.fr/ ...and Handbrake will often be useless without stripping the copy protection, which is easily done with DVDDecryptor http://www.mrbass.org/dvdrip/ . For creating backups of DVDs you already own -- if such things are legal where you live -- of course. -Michael Yunkin Web Content Manager/Usability Specialist UNLV Libraries Las Vegas, NV
[MCN-L] IP SIG: Copying DVDs to personal computer -- RealNetworks sued by movie studios
Good luck with that. After trying to figure out how to rip a DVD to AVI last week (our own video), I learned that there're plenty of free solutions out there. ~P Perian Sully Collections Information Manager Web Programs Strategist The Magnes Berkeley, CA -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akeshet at imj.org.il] Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:02 AM To: 'mcn-l at mcn.edu' Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Copying DVDs to personal computer -- RealNetworks sued by movie studios Movie industry's shortsighted fight Bob Barr Tuesday, March 10, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/09/ED051680HG.D TL ... There is now unfolding in a federal court in San Francisco a lawsuit in which several major Hollywood movie studios are suing RealNetworks - a relatively small but successful company that develops and markets Internet communications technology - in an effort to prevent the company from selling a software product that simply enables consumers to copy their DVDs to their personal computers. If the studios are successful in this Goliath-against-David legal action, Edison's lesson in hard work will have been effectively reduced to, genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent permission. ... ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
