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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 03/02/06 07:42
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:33:45 -0800, "Alpha" <x@x.net> Gave us:
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>"Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
>news:lj5d02995fi4nr7juq9ihcmiabeht73r28@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:41:53 GMT, no@none.com Gave us:
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>>>On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:43:55 -0500, Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>Of course a backup is legal. When you buy the DVD, you have purchased
>>>the intellectual property.
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>> Nope. You have purchased a license to USE the intellectual property
>> that is imprinted on the disc. Period. You own the plastic and a
>> right to watch the movie in the plastic.
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>>>Indeed, if your copy was destroyed, it would be legal for you to make
>>>a copy from a rental, friend, etc. because you still own the
>>>intellectual property.
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>> Nope. It is legal to make a downconverted copy but a bit for bit
>> copy is illegal.
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>>>Of course, if you sold, lost, or gave away the orginal, you no longer
>>>own it.
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>> "Destroyed" IS "lost". You want a backup? Buy another disc.
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>>>As far as disabling copy protection goes, that is illegal. So just
>>>how you would make the copy is another issue.
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>> It is illegal to make a bit for bit copy of a DVD.
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>Not true. It is illegal to defeat the copy protection. Fair use still
>exists.
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A bit for bit copy IS illegal as it requires defeating the copy
protection to get a bit for bit copy.
Try again. Also, fair use is about recording from broadcasts.
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