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by forinti 3462 days ago
I love this software. I rip my kids' DVDs using it and play them on a Raspberry Pi with Kodi. This way I don't have to wade through menus, language selection (never defaults to mine), commercials, and ridiculous piracy warnings (I paid for it! Don't treat me like a criminal).
2 comments

Yes, the absurd of piracy warnings is ridiculous

Really makes me think twice about giving them my money

Nothing makes me want to go out and pirate something purely as an act of defiance than unskippable piracy warnings.
For me, it's definitely the un-skippable advertisements. Like, as a software developer and user, I despise when an API is exposed that allows an application or website to suspend expected behavior in favor of custom hijinks, but to me, that's exactly what ignoring my menu and main-menu buttons is.
Especially when it is enforced by licensing terms. At some level, it is just a bit that gets interpreted by the software as "ignore these user commands". It is very reasonable to make a player that listens to the user commands, even if that bit is set. At a different level, it is a requirement under the terms of the patent licensing to implement this "feature", or else be in violation of patent infringement.
But mostly, it annoys people who actually purchased the disc!
Have you been able to figure out ripping Disney DVDs? Ex. Cars?

Disney is doing some funky disc encryption and I didn't find a solution with a few hours of googling.