Copy protection? I’d put some scotch on the bottom-left hole like in here:
btw, what are you going to use for the conversion? I’d like to convert VHSs myself, but so far I could only afford an analogue-to-digital converter (which sometimes makes the audio randomly disappear 😄 )
Taping over the write-protect tab does not disable the Macrovision signal that is recorded on the tape!