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Legal way to watch DVDs you own on an iPad?

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Was thinking of getting an iPad for movie watching while traveling and/or on treadmill. Have large collection of DVDs. Do I understand the current interpretation of the laws on this stuff to say that there is absolutely no legal way to watch a movie you own on a device that doesn't have a built in slot DVD player?

Thanks in advance.
 
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The legal standing is that you cannot break the copy protection on DVD's, though you can legally back up your collection, which you can't do because of copy protection.
Catch 22.
Plenty of software that will allow you to of course, and whether you do is your choice. We aren't allowed to discuss how on the forum though.
 
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Just a cautionary note: the forums follow US law and as such, discussion of ripping commercial and protected DVDs is prohibited. See the link in my signature for more information.
 
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Short answer, you can't.
 
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machouse said:
Was thinking of getting an iPad for movie watching while traveling and/or on treadmill. Have large collection of DVDs. Do I understand the current interpretation of the laws on this stuff to say that there is absolutely no legal way to watch a movie you own on a device that doesn't have a built in slot DVD player?
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The law is country specific.

As mentioned, these forums don't allow us to give the ripping options, but that is what Google is for.
 

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