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What is CSS Encrypted?

CSS ("Content Scrambling System") is an encryption system that most commercial DVDs use, and all DVD players need to understand. It's alleged purpose is to stop piracy, however it also enforces region coding, non-skippable FBI warnings or commercials and many other artificial restrictions. 

In our words, css encrypted dvds or copy protected dvds have  

What is DeCSS?

DeCSS is a small piece of software that breaks the CSS encryption and allows the reading of encrypted DVDs.

How Can I Copy CSS Encypted DVDs?

There are many dvd copy software programs available today which makes copying css encrypted dvds possible and very easy in fact. Many of these dvd copying programs contain their own ripper which decrypt the DVD and then will burn a perfect copy onto another DVD. There are also many other dvd copying programs that do not include a dvd ripper for legal purposes and require that you download a dvd ripper as an extra step if you want to copy css a encypted dvd.

There are other software programs all over the web that you can freely download and copy DVDs. These programs require several steps in order to complete the dvd burning process but they give you complete control over what you want or do not want to place on the copied dvd.

One such free decryption utility is dvd decrypter that allows you to decrypt and copy DVDs to your PC's hard disk. From there you can watch them with the likes of WinDVD and PowerDVD, or you can write them back to DVD or CD with another software like dvd shrink. As stated above, this method of burning a dvd requires many steps and it is not nearly as easy or nearly as fast as the first method of using a dvd copying software, but it does work. Many people use these software programs with great success and actually prefer them.

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