Posted by Impmon on 03/01/06 17:43

On 1 Mar 2006 04:37:30 -0800, 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.

That is still a grey area. IMO I think personal backup should be
allowed as long as you keep the original with the backup (original
under lock and key if you wish) and that you should not sell the
backup or pass it around.

There has been debate over fair use for personal backup copy since VCR
and computer disks and was never settled because everytime a new
format comes out the big companies try to get the court to punish
everyone for making a single backup copy.
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