it may be wrong but in these economic times i find the practice highly practical.

i have access to free one night rentals at the movie box in front of the fast food place. i use one of the codes. i take the dvd home, i copy it and return the movie the next night. i don't do it to grow my movie collection, i do it to try before i buy. i copy movies to preview them BEFORE i go out and put down my money on the legit product. i do the same thing with movies coming out in theatres. if i don't like it, the only thing i have lost is time. perhaps its why i have never paid for my own movie ticket since die hard 4 came out. and before that, syriana and good night and good luck. if i am going to go out and spend my money on movies, i want to get my money's worth. i am one of the rare people who will actually go out and buy stuff after previously finding it somewhere on teh interwebs free.

if the big movie production companies want to stop people copying movies or recording movies from theatres, they need to simply make better movies so people will go out and buy tickets.

The problem with this approach is that movies generally have a fairly low replay value since they convery a single narrative. Once you've been exposed to the narrative, you can only rewatch so many times, if you have the desire to do so at all. Piracy of movies results in a far greater loss of revenue than that of music which gets more replay. Consider all those films that you've "previewed" in their entirety only not to buy. There's no money being made off of that risky viewing you took.

On the other hand, it is good that you are at least supporting what you find to be quality works. Many people neglect this and then complain about not receiving more entertainment on the same level. It costs money to produce content. If you make it worthwhile to produce the content, then you may likely receive more to enjoy.

Note: I do my fair share of piracy too and definitely don't buy many movies (although I do use Netflix). Just pointing out that the "previewing" justification is a bit flawed. It's the music world that I'm personally engaged in as a concert promoter and collector and support all of the quality works that I can. Here the sampling of tracks or portions of them isn't as damaging. You can get a taste without necessarily consuming the whole work.

I'm also using these cloning and virtual drive tools for my Aspire One netbook which doesn't have optical drive. So if i want to play a game on it i have to make an image, install it like from a physical optical drive and play it. Tht saved me from buying external optical unit. :P

You know, I have no desire to copy BD movies. With standard DVD, it's so cheap and easy and I literally have hundreds of unwatched Netfix movies stored away for future viewing.

BD is a storage vampire and creating a disc copy is almost as expensive as buying the movie.

BD doesn't scratch very easily like standard DVD. You have to try pretty hard to screw one of them up so what's the point of backing up your collection?

I guess it's nice to know I can if I want to, but you still need a PC or notebook with a BD drive, I only know one person who does.

"BD doesn't scratch very easily like standard DVD. You have to try pretty hard to screw one of them up so what's the point of backing up your collection?"

This might be true, but its a matter of convenience, just like having my 700 CD's at my fingertips.. instead of having to search in 3-4 shelfs of disks for a certain song.. The same would hold true for a film aficionado with a large collection.. instead of having lots of shelfs there would be the convenience of having the entire collection at your finger tips.. A BD disc might be considered very large today, but in a few years harddrives will be larger.. and 1080p movies will be as easy to store as lossless music is today.

I seriously doubt that AnyDVD HD is mostly used for non-malicious purposes.

Absolute Nonsense!!!

You obviously are oblivious to the capabilities of the full array of products.

Want to play a game while traveling but don't weant to haul around the original disk - or heaven forbid your computer doesn't have a built in optial drive??? Game Jackal and a virtual optical drive allows you to load and play the game.

Want to make backups of your movies so that appropriate titles can be used by kids without fear that they will trash your archival copy? Any DVD and CloneDVD2 will do it.

Simply want to edit a copy of a movie to remove the seemingly endless previews and additional crap from it - AnyDVD will do it.

I DON'T use P2P nor sell pirated copies. And I use it all of the time.
In fact, ironically it seems to be one of the most useful tools, along with SnagIt, that I use.

And anyone who thinks they are going to get rich or whatever doing one off copies of material (and the significant time it takes even with a 52X burner - 1-1.5 hours average to read a title plus about the same to burn a copy) is crazy.

Could someone? Sure. But the product is legal. And it has exemption from the WTO.

You want a way to archive copies for your own fair use? Its great.

Now, if the operator wants to make a pirated copy - OK. Then the behavior of th4e operator is the problem.

Just like with a gun. It is not inherently evil. Each person is responsible for their behavior (at least in a mythical society divorced from the current realm where everyone is an entitled victim and the concept of responsibility is either unknown or considered an evil notion!).

If someone is pirating and redistributing material without compensation to the owners of said material - screw them. But the fact that one has the capability to use the program to manipulate the personal use of legitimately sourced material for their own fair use is just fine.

But your post certainly tells me about where your intentions reside...and perhaps you are one who should not purchase the product. Nor should you be allowed to have matches, a knife, gasoline, a car, a gun, a blender, any electrical appliance, hot coffee, a Big Mac, nor any other object that might be used for evil and nefarious purposes.

I use it nightly for non-malicious purposes. My home theater is complemented by this great program. I watch a disc that starts right at the menu or right with the main movie. None of that "You wouldn't steal a car" crap. I purchase all of my discs or rent them through netflix. I OWN over 800 movies in various formats including VHS, DVD and BRD.

Just because you think this will be used for piracy purposes shows how short sighted you are. I use this for legit purposes several times per week and am able to enjoy my movie nights that much more. Please, educate yourself prior to posting.

foxfyre,

Whether you have "backed up" a single movie or 300 of them, you have still broken the "law". I don't see copying / sharing music, software, or music as illegal but it's just my opinion. I found copies of software / templates I created on IsoHunt. There's nothing I can do about it, I wasn't even phased and this is one of my sources of monthly income.

You have either done illegal things or you haven't. Not using P2P but backing up your movies for archival doesn't make you innocent.

Anyways, welcome to the club.

Blah blah blah.

And no one is sending me letters nor breaking down my door nor taken me to court! Amazing isn't it?!

Funny how that is different from the entitled masses who feel that redistributing files is a right and that the RIAA is the Gestapo. You see, I have no worry about them.

Your distinction is moot. I don't have to worry about the law. And the WTO agrees.

And I couldn't care less about what you find online. Funny that you would be in places to find it...but then, since you troll the alleys of the Internet, why should I be surprised?

So, has BR taken over yet??? LOL!

I bought ................. an entire album off Amazon tonight. That's a first.

"Funny how that is different from the entitled masses who feel that redistributing files is a right and that the RIAA is the Gestapo. You see, I have no worry about them.

Your distinction is moot. I don't have to worry about the law. And the WTO agrees."

Oh right, so you're entitled to break the law, but no one else is.
I see.

I love AnyDVDHD for my home theater I have a PS3 and a laptop with bluray. But I travel and I find it absolutley stupid to buy multi language films that only play in one region. Or have to wait for another stupid firmware update to let me watch movies I purchased. I also have HDDVD still I know they lost but they still look great. I have a combo drive that reads them all Bluray HDDVD and normal DVD.

Slysoft seems to be the only company that can keep up with the protections offered up by the movie industry. There are no other products on the market that can offer what it can. The price may be high, but when you are the sole competitor in a market you can set your price. I paid long ago for this and the HD addon, and I would do so again. This product is head and shoulders above the rest.

Good job slysoft. Keep up the great work!

One of the best supported and most functional products available.

If only more products came close to the standards SlySoft has set...