Copying a DVD with a Philips 985 Burner

Let me begin by saying this is for legitimate uses on my part. I have some DVDs that get used frequently for various purposes, and I’ve had some rather unfortunate accidents with them. I’ve been backing up some old family footage and vacation tapes with my Philips 985 stand alond DVD+R burner, and I’ve ran into a snag while trying to backup my consumer DVDs. I know I can make a backup for archival purposes, which is what I’m doing (so the originals stay safely tucked away with the rest of my collection). So if any wise Doper could tell me how I might go about protecting my DVDs, I’d be mucho happy.

PS: If this is a taboo or otherwise frowned upon topic, my appologies. I just don’t feel like buying the same DVD multiple times.

Ack, stupid me. The snag in particular I’m having is when I try to record the disc I get the Copy Protected message and it doesn’t burn anything (alteast it doesn’t waste a disc). Sorry for not including it in my OP.

I’m sorry, but we cannot help you defeat copy protect.

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