Dowloading TV Shows from DVD's to Visio

Does anyone know how to dowload TV shows from DVD's to your Vision M? I have Windows Media Player . For two days I've been trying to save (rip) one of my favorite televison show DVD's and I just can't get it right.
Can I download the contents of the TV Show DVD directly to my Zen Vision M?
Thank you.......
P.S. I am definitely a novice computer user. (That's why I love the Zen so much..... It took me only about 20-25 minutes to load my pictures and music library when I first got the player.)Message Edited by MP3User on 08-3-2006 09:9 AM

The issue with DVD's is unique as its not really a matter of Fair use, but a matter of copyprotection and encryption.
Under fair use laws, yes you are allowed to take something you purchased and use it on another device.
But DVD's are protected from copying (and reading for that matter) by a digital encryption scheme.
Under the DMCA if you break the CSS copyprotection on a DVD to copy it, you are breaking the law. Untill a court overides the law in favor of the consumers (doubt that will happen), it is illegal to sell software or use software to copy a "protected" DVD.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-353_7-528652.htmlThe laws very significantly on this by country to country, to creative doesn't allow people to discuss how to copy DVD's at all here in the forums, because they don't want to run a foul of any other countries laws where they opperate.Search on DVD and DMCA on google and you will find quite a bit of information. There have been many court cases where software manufacturers have lost because they sold DVD Copying software that would copy CSS protected DVD. Am not aware of any cases where an individual has been convicted for copying DVD's for personal use. All I can say is proceed at your own risk. The link above lists which software packages are considered illegal and legal in the courts eyes.

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