In recent years, the practice of ripping a DVD has become more and more commonplace. More and more people are opting to rip their DVDs in order to watch them on their computer or portable device, rather than using the traditional DVD player. Ripping a DVD, however, is not a legal activity.

DVDs are protected by copyright law, and it is illegal to copy or rip a DVD without the permission of the copyright holder. While there are a number of ways to rip a DVD, most methods involve breaking the copy protection on the DVD in order to extract …