DVD MANIA or DVD PARANOIA?
Over at the Washington Post, Rob Pegoraro, talks about whether there's paranoia over DVD ripping software. Is it a useful tool for making backup copies of your collection or a tool for piracy? Well, sadly, it's both. But that doesn't mean that programs like DeCSS, VideoLAN Client, and DVD Decrypter can't be used for good and useful things. Course, the MPAA would have you believe that this is the end of life as we know it. Didn't they say the same about VCRs?

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More about DVDs: CNN/AP reported on June 19, that DVD rentals official passed VHS video rentals for the first time in history. And that's a cool thing.