rs170a is right. There aren't too many DVDs out there that can't be ripped & copied. When one comes out with a new twist on their macrovision, the programs that remove it get updated. (There is actually a valid (IMO) reason to do this. I backup every DVD we buy b/c if you lose it or drop it on the floor & it lands on the edge & cracks or something like that, you don't have to go out & rebuy it. Fair use act. I never copy them to give to anyone else. But I digress.) Anyway, you'll probably have to accept the fact that there will be some people who copy it for others.