Posted by no on 03/01/06 20:41

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:43:55 -0500, Impmon <impmon@digi.mon> wrote:

>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.


Of course a backup is legal. When you buy the DVD, you have purchased
the intellectual property.

Indeed, if your copy was destroyed, it would be legal for you to make
a copy from a rental, friend, etc. because you still own the
intellectual property.

Of course, if you sold, lost, or gave away the orginal, you no longer
own it.

As far as disabling copy protection goes, that is illegal. So just
how you would make the copy is another issue.

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