Re: In XP I can burn using DVD-R media but not DVD+R?

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From: Mike Stewart (michaelNo.J.SpamStewart_at_baesystesm.com)
Date: 10/24/04


Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:28:57 +0100

Not true in the great land of the Free, America in all its wisdom has
decided that if you unecrypt the DVD to copy it which you must do as the key
is linked to the media id, so just doing a direct copy will not work as the
media id will be different. You are breaking the law!!
"superfooz74" <superfooz74@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AAF2E2AC-6822-46DC-BF29-2E11FB558831@microsoft.com...
> OK Phil. If I am copying my personal dvd collection and selling them for 5
> bucks a piece , definitely illegal, but I'm not.
> I am making one copy of each DVD that i spent good money on, just in case
> any get scratched, etc...
> So thanks for letting me know that you used + and - disks without incident
> on XP SP2
>
> "Phil McCracken" wrote:
>
> > superfooz74 wrote:
> >
> > > I am dual booting between Windows XP and Windows 2000. That is , I get
the
> > > option when i start to choose either Operating system, both function
as
> > > separate computers.
> > >
> > > If I use Windows XP Pro , If I burn DVD's using DVD-R discs they turn
out
> > > great, but when I use DVD+R discs, the movies turn out terrible. (Not
doing
> > > anything illegal, these are movies I already own , and I am backing up
my
> > > collection.)
> > >
> > > If I boot up to Windows 2000 Pro, I can burn using either DVD-R or
DVD+R
> > > discs and they turn out great either way. I use the same burning
software,
> > > CloneDVD in both OS, and since it is the same computer all hardware is
the
> > > same obviously, so it has to be an XP problem.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know if DVD+R disks have known compatibility issues with
XP?
> > >
> >
> > I use both + and - media without issues with XP SP2. BTW, if you're
> > copying encrypted commercial DVDs you *are* doing something illegal,
> > regardless of who owns the originals. Not making any moral judgments
> > here, but you don't have the same "fair use" rights with commercial DVD
> > movies that you have with other digital media, according to a federal
> > court ruling earlier this year against 321 Software, the developers of
> > DVDxCopy. 321 has since gone belly-up as a result of the ruling.
> >



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