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Posted by whosbest54 on 09/25/05 14:44
In article <1127604275.708158.173070@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
ElizabethLErwin@gmail.com says...
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>Hey! (Please excuse cross post...I'm desperate!)
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>I have a pretty significant collection of old VHS tapes from the 80s
>that I would like to transfer to dvd for storage purposes. I am
>thinking of buying the Sony DVD Recorder/VCR Combo (RDR-VX515)since it
>offers multi-format playback. SO my question concerns copyright. Will
>this machine be able to dub these tapes since they are copyrighted? The
>ad for it says it will transfer non-copyrighted materials but I'm not
>sure if that is accurate or just for legal purposes. I am woefully
>ignorant in this arena and would love to hear any and all feedback
>(especially if you have this item or can recommend a better dubber)
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If they are commercially produced tapes with macrovision protection, the
machine will not copy them. Your choices for those tapes are to get some
sort of external macrovision defeater to use with a separate VCR to play
into the DVD recorder or to try to find a way of flashing the recorder's
firmware with a hacked version as another poster suggested.
As far as the legalities go, consumer advocates will argue that copying
tapes you already own for backup is fair use. The entertainment industry
will argue your activity is illegal copying and you must buy the tapes or
DVD versions new again. The courts have yet to fully rule clearly on
this sort of activity. The bottom line is the entertainment industry
isn't going to go wholesale after private individuals conducting this
sort of copying in their homes even if the courts finally rule that it is
illegal.
whosbest54
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