The reason customs got involved is that he violated Microsoft and Dell trademarks by printing their logos on the disks. The reason he got jail time is that despite the disks getting seized by customs, they setup a sting to convinced him to sell the disks behind custom's back and he fell for it.

I appreciate his cause, but I think there is a much simpler solution: Have computer repair shops offer a DVD burning service. There is legal precedence for 3rd party services being able to legally make physical copies of digit files for consumers and charge for the service/materials.