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Can you explain this bit for me more simply as I can't play commercial DVDs in VLC?

* Open the libdvdcsss-y.y.y.tar.gz (y.y.y is version number )
* Find & enter the subdirectory libdvdcss-y.y.y
* Execute the command:
./configure
make
make install

I've brought a few DVDs to watch on my laptop but when I try to play them on my laptop nothing happens. I've read its something to do with the copy protection on the DVD. Can you help me play the DVDs using VLC?