I am using Vegas 8 and DVDA 5.0. Is there a way to copy protect from anyone duplicate the dvd in DVDA?

Thanks

Sorry but there's no inexpensive way to do it.
Commercial DVDs are being ripped every day and they have the money to afford the bvest that there is so the average producer dosn't stand a chance.

What kind of programs are you making that you want to protect?

Mike

The programs I am doing is cultural fund raiser. I did the video shoot and will be selling the program dvd for raising funds. So I was thinking is there a better way to protect people from copying the dvd and force them to buy and raise more funds.

Thanks

Illegal copying is a battle that all producers face.
Unfortunately the little guy gets hit harder by it than the big boys.
All you can do is make the price of the DVD attractive enough that someone will want to buy it instead of ripping it off.
IMO, nice packaging goes a long way here.

Mike

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.

Silly Rabbit, I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings but what you're doing (making backups of your own purchased DVDs) is illegal in the USA.
Fair use doesn't apply for doing things like this.
It might not be illegal in other countries (I think current Canadian copyright law allows us to do this) but it is for you

Mike

Beg to differ. ;-) But a topic for another place & time.