I have tried several programs such as Brassero to copy an encrypted DVD but without success. I tried to install libdvdcss but was unable to do it (key not found?).

What version of libdvdcss do I need for Ubuntu 16.04 and how do I install it? Or is there something else I need to do?

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Ask the system: 

walt@bat:~(0)$ apt-cache search libdvdcss brasero - CD/DVD burning application for GNOME gxine - the xine video player, GTK+/Gnome user interface libdvdread4 - library for reading DVDs python3-dvdvideo - Video DVD reader library kubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Kubuntu libdvd-pkg - DVD-Video playing library - installer lubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Lubuntu ubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Ubuntu xubuntu-restricted-extras - Commonly used media codecs and fonts for Xubuntu libdvdcss2 - library for accessing encrypted DVDs libdvdcss-dev - library for accessing encrypted DVDs - development files

You need to sudo apt install one or more of these packages.

Ignoring your "unable to do it (key not found?)" message due to lack of specific information.

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This is unlikely to be the answer that you want as your question doesn't indicate exactly what you are trying to do, however, you can obtain an exact copy of any block device by utilizing the method outlined here. Since you are creating an image of the device contents without regard to what those contents are, the encryption will be duplicated along with everything else. During the process of attempting to image the disk you may discover that the problem isn't the encryption, but scratches or smudges or a device problem instead. This will be made clearer by the I/O errors that dd will provide in the attempt.

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