Making a DVD impossible to copy

Hi there, I was hoping that someone might know about this......
I would like to create a DVD so that it plays perfectly but if someone wants to make copies of this DVD, that it would not be possible. (More or less, that they would have to come to me for more copies).
I would really appreciate some advice.
Thank you!

to add a professional copy protection, your DVD has to be 'glas mastered' in some professional DVD-printer factory.. they own licences for that protection scheme.. and, for sure, they let themself getting paid.. the mentioned 3k$ seems to me realistic .. plus copy costs per piece.
... and there're tools as *, ** or the easy to use ****** (rippping as topic is not allowed on this board, and as a European, I'm not even allowed to speak the names out loud ) which 'break'/rip that copy protection within minutes........
for me, there's only three ways of 'copy protection' on a consumer level:
1) add watermarks to your video.. it doesn't avoid the copying, but it mentions, it is YOUR work..
2) make your DVDs accessible.. seen DVDs on sale on some 'collector's tradeshow' .. you could buy them NOW and for such a cheap price, I don't care for +ripping and converting and...+
3) add 'features' outside the disk.. a good booklet, a link to some 'additional' website with extras etc (ok, that link could be 'shared' too, individualize access by somekind of PIN...), a funny case, a mailing list..

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Do You have a NEW Mac ?
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