DeCSS Articles Latest News: California Appeals Court has recently overturned a previous injunction banning a website from publishing the DeCSS code, which can be used to unscramble DVD movies, allowing them to be played on unlicensed software DVD players. The code was originally intended to allow DVD movies to be played on Linux, where a licensed DVD player is unavailable. The court found that blocking publication of DeCSS by a preliminary injunction equates to "prior restraint". Publication of DeCSS was blocked by the injunction while the question of the legality of DeCSS is still undecided. DeCSS is a tiny (60 KB) utility that copies an encrypted DVD file (which has a .VOB extension) and saves the file on a hard disk, minus the encryption. DeCSS became an important utility in the use of the DivX codec which is a new compression format which allows movies to be full screen, (even widescreen), with full fidelity stereo sound for full feature length movies. A DivX-compressed movie is about 8 to 12 times smaller than a DVD and ranges from 600 to 750 megabytes, which would enable it to be copied onto a single CD-ROM. Once DeCSS is used, you may then easily use the DivX codec to play, watch and copy various movies, TV shows and videos. Unfortunately, ripping and burning DVDs can be unnecessarily complicated and, as a result, there are programs available that are devoted strictly simplifying the DVD ripping and burning process. One such program is the Expert-Guide to DVD Copying/Ripping which shows anyone how to rip DVDs, make backups of DVD movies, play movies from your hard drive, create a play list of DVDs (so that you can watch from your computer at will without shuffling of DVD disks), extract your favorite parts of a movie and much more. You can then take that information and create Video CD's (VCD) or DivX and much more. Click here for more information. If you are interested in learning more about DeCSS and DVD’s and how to use DeCSS so that you can crack the DVD codes and make copies of your favorite DVD’s, we highly recommend you visit www.expert-guides.com for some really great How-To Guides for copying DVD’s, DivX and Video CD’s. Additionally, there are other titles on the subjects of File Sharing, Instant Messaging, and Terrorism. Plus, new titles are always being released. Click below to get the Expert Guide to DeCSS and Copying DVD’s