Copy Protected DVD's?

We use Final Cut Express and iDVD to create event DVD's, however, we have had some people make duplicates of our work, inhibiting sales.
Anything we can do to make the DVD's copy-protected? Any other ideas?

DVD Copy-protect
Hi
No there is non.
The most common solution is to put a loggo that stays on the full movie.
eg. Copyrighted. Or "Made by " etc.
Not even if You buy FinalCut Studio and get DVD-Studio Pro. You will not get this.
The Copy-protection in DVD-Studio Pro is just a falg set to allert DVD-producers
to make this in DVD-burning Companies.
There is such protections to Commersial materials and to astronomical costs.
And one can figure to what need, when there are no really secure Copy-protection.
What also is possibly is to apply some uniqe-ness to each DVD, than log who got which one
then if an illegal copy can be obtained it can be traced back to whom let it to be copied.
One can only plead to respect the Copyrights
Yours Bengt W

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