Sad, sad, sad! No more burning for your hard drive with DVD X Copy Platinum! Pressed by legal issues, the developers of DVD X Copy Platinum have discontinued the option to burn for your hard drive. Additionally, they have put so many defenses against software piracy that now it is next to impossible to copy a DVD or a game even for your own personal use.

If you want to use DVD X Copy to copy PlayStation games, this might prove impossible. The reason is that many games have such safeguards that even if you somehow manage to copy the game from the original media, the copy will hardly work. If you don�t give up easily, you can still have a try because you lose nothing. Anyway, getting a new copy of a game you love is expensive and older games are hard to find.

Because so many people used the software for dishonest gain, it ruined the whole idea for the rest of us. The software was banned from sale in 2003, so you can no longer find authentic software for sale, let alone the support you may need if you have a problem.

You can purchase fake knockoffs of the original 321 Studio product, but you must understand that you get what you pay for, not the good stuff guaranteed to work. The price may be low, but you will not have the support you may need because whoever is selling the phony software may be caught and go down at any time.

A decent substitute for personal use is DVD NeXt Copy. DVD NeXt copy is great for creating spare copies of your DVDs. 1 Click DVD Copy is also an alternative because it is easy to use. Both DVD NeXt Copy and 1 Click DVD Copy come with support and extras, which will help you create great copies of your DVDs.

One of the great things of legal DVD copying programs is that they offer support. So, if you are stuck in the middle of an activity and you need help, you can always call them. Very often legal DVD copying programs include 1 year of free updates, which is also very useful, when you have in mind how frequently protection techniques change.

DVD X Copy PlayStation games can be used only if you manage to find a crack for the codes, which are built into the program. For many people this is unacceptable and if you are reluctant to do it personally, ask a friend to help you. Forums are one of the places where you can ask for help, if you are searching for a solution how to copy a DVD for personal use only. Don�t risk copying DVDs for profit because the penalties are severe.

If I am to be honest, I do understand why companies take such severe measures to protect their products. Pirating is bad but by punishing pirates, companies punish innocent honest users as well. It is not fair when you have to pay so much just for making a copy of a DVD you already own. The good news is that even though DVD X Copy Platinum does not offer burning for your hard drive anymore, there are still other options for you to save you valuable DVDs.

Isaiah Henry is a writer on dvd copy solutions. Visit DVDShrinkNow.com for more information on dvd copy and dvd ripper software like DVD neXt COPY.