Sony DVD Movies

I am unable to play any Sony DVD movies on my iMac. Is this anything to do with Sony's copy protection? or just an iMac issue. The movie in question was Hitch, I also tried another sony Movie same problem. DvD screen appears but it will not play the movie.
Thanks for any help.
Intel iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions. 
I've just tried a Sony disc that states "This DVD is copy-protected" and it plays fine on my iMac G4 with 10.4.10. Do you have an iMac G5 or an Intel iMac? Do other discs play okay?
Also try pressing the Space bar once DVD Player loads to start the disc playing.
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