Posted by Camper on 03/02/06 07:57

You a couple of years behind the time old son.


<syofcdyagwrq@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>

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