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Posted by Nicholas Andrade on 03/01/06 18:34
Impmon wrote:
> On 1 Mar 2006 04:37:30 -0800, syofcdyagwrq@yahoo.com wrote:
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>> Story here that copying DVDs for personal backup may be legal under
>> 'fair use', if it uses a method which dodges the DMCA.
>
> That is still a grey area. IMO I think personal backup should be
> allowed as long as you keep the original with the backup (original
> under lock and key if you wish) and that you should not sell the
> backup or pass it around.
>
> There has been debate over fair use for personal backup copy since VCR
> and computer disks and was never settled because everytime a new
> format comes out the big companies try to get the court to punish
> everyone for making a single backup copy.
At least in the case of the VCR the DMCA did not exist; so the issue was
mainly fair use. The DMCA makes the process of backing up a DVD illegal
as it requires circumventing copy protection; so even if the reason your
backing up is legal fair use, the process to do so is illegal.
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