tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148010962012-01-12T02:25:24.704-05:00Site dedicated to the word of DVD copying. Topics include discussions of DeCSS, DMCA, MPAA, and related issues as well as reviews and ratings for available DVD copying software.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10534599734913740142noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14801096.post-1137599964985761022006-01-18T10:09:00.000-05:002006-01-18T11:02:36.653-05:00

This week I will continue the series on DVD copying programs with reviews on Bling Software's three DVD copying programs, namely XCopyDVD, XCopyPSP, and XCopyPOD. These programs represent the next generation of copying programs and can be purchased and downloaded online individually or in a bundle called XCopy9.DVD to DVD Copying With XCopyDVDXCopyDVD is very similar to 123CopyDVD program

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Over the next few weeks I will be exploring various different DVD copying programs, starting with X-OOM's 123 DVD Copy application. 123 DVD Copy, available for sale online, is a steal at just $29.99. In addition to being able to make great quality DVD to DVR-R/RW copies, it also offers the ability to copy a DVD movie to and from your hard disk. So you can download movies and burn them, or copy a

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Six years ago today the DeCSS source code was anonymously posted to the livid-dev mailing list. The code detailed the secret content scrambling system (CSS) decryption algorithm that was only previously only available to licensees of the DVD trade group known as the DVDCCA. With the algorithm out in the open, unlicensed DVD players could easily be made. In fact this was the purpose of the

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In the conclusion to the "DVD Content Scrambling System Explained" series, we'll put together all the information already presented and show how the DVD movie data can be decrypted after the disk and title keys are decrypted. The unencrypted DVD movie data can then be played with any MPEG video player software or hardware chip.CSS Disk and Title Key DecryptionDisk key decryption (DA) and title

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In this third part of the "DVD Content Scrambling System Explained" series, we'll examine how the pseudo-random byte generator works. This generator is an essential part of the DVD CSS algorithm and must be examined in detail to understand how decryption is possible.As was perviously observed, the content scrambling system involves three basic decryption functions: DA, DB, and DC. All three

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In this second part of the "DVD Content Scrambling System Explained" series of posts, we'll examine how the decryption process works. But before we can decrypt a DVD movie's data, a disk key and title key must first be obtained. These two keys are found in an encrypted format on the DVD disk and are 5 bytes in size. The process in which the two keys are decrypted and used to decrypt the movie

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This next series of posts will explain the DVD Content Scrambling System (CSS), beginning with an overview of what CSS was designed for and how the details of the secret algorithm became to be known. Part 2 will give a functional overview of how DVD movie data can be decrypted only after disk and title keys have first been decrypted. Finally, Parts 3 and 4 will finish by explaining the actual

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On August 17, 2000 U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled in favour of eight major motion picture studios in their fight against the magazine 2600's posting of the DeCSS code. Not only did the ruling prevent 2600 from distributing copies of the source doe, but it also prohibited the act of linking to web pages that had the code. The judge also made the incredible statement that "computer code is

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The last few months of 1999 and the following year saw a flurry of litigation around the DeCSS source code. In December, seventy-one individuals were sued for distributing the DeCSS source code, citing the new American DMCA law. Strangely enough a large majority of those distributing the code were not American, with the code being hosted on foreign servers. Indeed the lawsuits and threats were

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The source code for a program called DeCSS was anonymously posted to the Internet in late October 1999. While it was a very small program, and totally unusable in the form it was presented, it did spell out the trade secret used to encrypt data on movie DVDs. This algorithm supposedly had been obtained by "reverse-engineering" a popular PC DVD player. The purpose of the DeCSS program was to

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