Posted by Alpha on 11/18/05 22:30

"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
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> Alpha (none@none.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> The DeCSS group is suing DVD Jukebox manufacturers under the DMCA.
>
> I believe what you are trying to say here is that the DVD Consortium is
> suing DVD Jukebox manufacturers.
>
> Because they have devices that defeat CSS to copy DVDs onto the hard
> drive,
> they are being sued for building and distibuting a device that defeats
> a copy protection system. There is no "fair use" defense for this, but
> you can use "fair use" to defend your right to use the device. In other
> words, if you have purchased such a device, the MPAA (or the DVD
> Consortium) can't require you to give it back even if they force the maker
> to stop making it.
>
>> Are
>> you
>> saying that if an individual builds a jukebox, it probably is covered?
>
> Well, if by "builds a jukebox" you mean "make a copy of DVDs that you own
> onto a hard drive", yes, that would certainly be covered by "fair use",
> especially if the DVDs themselves are stored away as backups.
>
>> Another hypothetical: What if someone is studying in school Copalla, for
>> example. Can that individual extract excerpts from the Copalla DVDs to
>> study side by side on their computer?
>
> Who is this "Copalla" of which you speak? I don't think anybody would be
> studying anyone by that name.


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