sweet.......the last thing I want is for it to be harder for me to copy my own CD's onto my computers and portable devices. Once I buy a CD I rip the MP3's and the CD gets put on a shelf forever.
Try checking out dvdrhelp.com or afterdawn.com. They're great sites for dvd ripping, burning, and compressing.
Or you could just download DVDShrink if you want a quick and easy solution to ripping and burning dvd-backups.
Stay FAR FAR away from DVD X Copy. It has this stupid "WARNING: You are watching a backup" for like 30 seconds. It's really gay. There's a by-pass for it, but yeah.