Posted by nospam on 03/01/06 15:05

In article <1141211702.124735.304080@t39g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
<syofcdyagwrq@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Story here that copying DVDs for personal backup may be legal under
>'fair use', if it uses a method which dodges the DMCA.
>A court in California will this month rule on the legality of an
>ingenious new software package that makes perfect copies of movies on
>DVDs even if they are protected with the latest anti-copying
>technology.
>The software has been developed by 321 Studios of St Louis, Missouri.
>The company says its DVDXcopy program does not violate the 1998 Digital
>Millennium Copyright Act, which makes it illegal to defeat
>copy-protection schemes.
>According to 321, the software is legitimate because it does not do
>anything that the DVD's copy protection is designed to prevent.
>DVDXcopy works by intercepting the digital video code just after it has
>been legitimately unscrambled by the DVD player, but just before the
>unscrambled code is converted into a protected analogue TV signal. It
>then saves the unscrambled video on the PC's hard drive before copying
>it onto a blank DVD.
>The copied discs play perfectly. It is even possible to copy the copy
>back to a hard drive, and then onto another blank DVD.
>Part of 321's case is that its product reinstates the right of
>consumers to back up their discs. The argument dates back to the taping
>of records in the 1970s, but few in the entertainment industry accept
>its validity.
>http://www.seegoul.com/home.php/kWEWDKIL

What planet have you been on for the last 18 months?

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2004/08/02/daily36.html

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