I cannot screen capture DVD's on my MacBook. Help?

I've been trying to use movie clips for a project. Basically, I insert the DVD into my laptop, pull it up, get my QuickTime Player screen capture thing all ready and then press record. The moment I press record the movie "grey's out" and doesn't uncover iself until I stop the recording. Why is this? How can I fix it?

That's a feature that's been included with the system and software for a while now so users can't duplicate copyrighted material which is illegal.
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