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Posted by Bob on 10/05/27 11:37
On 17 Jan 2006 11:22:25 -0800, "Jack (www.villagebbs.com)"
<lupin3@planetjurai.com> wrote:
>> If I rent a DVD, I have paid for its use. If I copy that DVD for my
>> own use, I am not in violation of the law. I have done nothing to
>> compete with the commercial operations of the copyright owner.
>
>Interesting, but good luck trying to argue that if it ever came to it.
>This whole 'fair use' business was tried (and lost) before by those DVD
>copy program people years ago, remember that?
>You Can't Copy That
>The DMCA strikes again: Two judges order 321 Studios to stop selling
>its DVD copying software.
>>From PCWorld:
>Anush Yegyazarian, PC World
>Wednesday, March 10, 2004
>Two separate courts, one in California, the other in New York, have
>issued orders for 321 Studios, maker of DVDXCopy, to stop selling its
>software. That software includes DeCSS code, which circumvents the copy
>protection mechanism in commercial DVD movies--an action that is
>expressly forbidden by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, no matter
>what the circumstance.
Right there you know whoever wrote this article does not know what he
is talking about. Read the DMCA and find that there are several
exceptions, including fair use.
--
"For most people the meaning and purpose of life is to
serve as a warning to others of impending disaster."
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