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Posted by Jack (www.villagebbs.com) on 10/05/45 11:37
> If you "own" the content (i.e. have purchased the DVD and are backing it up)
> then I would agree that you are probably OK - if you are renting a DVD or
> borrowing one from the library or friend and make a copy that would not be
> OK. . .
>
> Billy
Although the laws have probably changed, be re-interpreted, lost and
then found a million times since then.. back in the 1980s it was
generally accepted that you could in fact make a backup of say a
commercial floppy disk that you owned. If however, you ever sold that
original copy you would have to either transfer the backup with it or
destroy the original.
With the DMCA and other such things its hard to say if that works on
DVDs. Even if it did, its hard to justify keeping a backup of a rental
disc as you no longer own the original after you return it. Are you
giving blockbuster an extra DVD-R in the case when sending it through
the shute? I guess you could justify it in your head by saying that you
are in fact keeping a backup for blockbuster, in case you know --
something happens to their original.. but I'm not sure if that would
stand up in court.
The 'its legal to copy, illegal to distribute' is probably more a
fallacy of looking at the end result and mis-applying the cause. If you
copy a rental but never distribute it and only keep it for yourself,
how would you ever get caught? On the other hand, distribute it and
people might take notice and go after you. Doesn't mean one is more
legal than the other, only that generally RIAA, MPAA whatever sends its
thugs where it can do the most damage and thats as the distribution
level (with the odd grandmom thrown in for good measure).
= numsix
= http://www.villagebbs.com
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