I always choose my words very carefully sir. I called you no names.
I said "this board is not a haven for video pirates." At the time I wrote this, I knew exactly ONE thing about you - not even your real name - only that you wanted to know how to copy protected DVDs. I did not directly accuse you, but I wanted you to understand that if you're looking to make money on illegal discs -- and there are LOTS of people doing just that -- that you've come to the wrong place.
And legal or not, it does pain me to hear that people are copying copyrighted DVDs. The movie studios are paranoid about piracy, a fact that delayed the original release of DVDs and progressive-scan DVD players by months or years - because the studios wanted assurances that perfect copies could not be made. They got their assurances, and now all those assurances have been shown to be total BS.
Now HD recorders and HD-DVDs are poised to make their appearances, and I can't help but wonder what sorts of weird delays and irritating restrictions we will see now because of the undeniable fact of piracy.
For all I know you may be a total boy-scout. If so, bravo for you sir. But based on that first post, there was no way for me to know that.