Probably.
Check C|Net (
http://www.cnet.com). They have thousands of free programs to download, and I'd be willing to bet there's a DVD ripper or two among them.
Keep in mind a couple of things: mpeg2, the CODEC used for encoding DVD's uses lossy compression. In other words, data is left out to save space. If you rip the DVD you'll have to recompress it, either in Windows Media format or Apple Quicktime. This goes doubly so if you want to send it over the web. The resulting video clip may not look all that great if you end up having to sacrifice resolution for a smaller file size.