Commercial DVDs Won't Mount on Macbook Pro. How to Fix?

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

See my answer here
<https://discussions.apple.com/message/18028930#18028930>
(Btw, I believe that cross-posting is not encouraged around here.)

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