Question For BR Association's Reps

[cwucowboy]

I'm just an average user that doesn't go around copying and selling dvds. I enjoy movies, a fanatic if you will. But I am always concerned with scratching them to the point that they can no longer be viewed.

My idea to protect these were to build a stand alone system. A basic box with Windows Vista, a graphics card, outputs and a blu ray dvd drive. I want to copy the blu rays onto the computer and create a filing system so that you could shuffle through the library to select your movie quickly and easily. This would be connected to my Samsung HDTV and Bose theater for playback. I basically want to create a fully interactive dvd "jukebox".

But I'm reading some disturbing news about Blu Ray that I'd like to have clarified. I have been reading about the mandatory management system and the Advanced Access Content System might not allow me to make my dream a reality.

Is this true? Will I be able to make copies and view them on this system whenever I want without interference or failure from some kind of viral program similar to what Sony did with their cd's played on computers? And what if I wanted to transfer this to my laptop for viewing while I'm traveling? Is this going to be possible as well?