Copying the Uncopyable
I left one important step out of the last post, "How to Watch DVD, DivX or XviD Movies on a Netbook". You can't use the software mentioned to re-encode the DVD files into something else if you can't copy the DVD in the first place. While the movie (and TV) industry says copying DVDs is illegal, people have every right to an archived copy and you just can't make one without the right software to remove the copy protection during the copying process.