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Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/02/06 19:00
Sean O'Hara (seanohara@gmail.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> >> I believe the law allows for you to make a copy for your own
> >> use (backup or whatever) if you have fairly and squarly bought
> >> a legit copy.
> >
> > Not true in the US. Backup copies are not permitted in any
> > copyright law, including and especially the DMCA.
> >
>
> Wrong. It's quite well established in law that you have a right to
> make back-up copies of media you've legally purchased.
No, actually, you don't have that right for video...at least not in the
US.
> The DMCA is
> an attempt to circumvent this by making it illegal to break copy
> protection. You're perfectly in your rights to rip your CD
> collection, or to scan a book you own into your computer,
Ripping a CD or scanning a book fall under "fair use" where you are using
the item in a manner for which it wasn't originally sold, but which is
more useful to you. This isn't a "backup" copy.
> but you
> can't copy a DVD if it means cracking the encryption.
Actually, the DMCA portion of copyright law is quite clear that you can
do this...you just can't traffic in devices or software that allow you to
do this. Thus, if you have the ability to break CSS, then you can legally
do so...you just can't legally sell the device/software that does so.
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