there used to be info available on the net about ripping DVD's and hacking the country codes (copyright), but I think it might have been removed because of legal issues (however I think the case recently wrapped up in the hacker's favor). Check on google and where ever else for DeCSS.
You can either copy a dvd so you can watch it on your computer, or you can make an exact replica that keeps menu structure etc intact to burn onto another dvd.
i rip pretty much every movie that i rent and like and burn it to cd, i use ImToo DVD Ripper and its pretty sick. You have to set the output settits yourself because the default settings make the video file bad quality, but if u set it urself its just like watching the DVD.
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G-Dawg