Posted by Matt on 01/02/06 20:37

"Sean O'Hara" <seanohara@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:41t64qF1g2qleU1@individual.net...
> In the Year of the Cock, the Great and Powerful Alpha declared:
>> "Mike" <miker@rochester.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:43B87C3F.875A1C5@rochester.rr.com...
>>
>>> I believe the law allows for you to make a copy for your own
>>> use (backup or whatever) if you have fairly and squarly bought
>>> a legit copy.
>>
>> Not true in the US. Backup copies are not permitted in any
>> copyright law, including and especially the DMCA.
>>
>
> Wrong. It's quite well established in law that you have a right to make
> back-up copies of media you've legally purchased. The DMCA is an attempt
> to circumvent this by making it illegal to break copy protection. You're
> perfectly in your rights to rip your CD collection, or to scan a book you
> own into your computer, but you can't copy a DVD if it means cracking the
> encryption.
>
> --
This is actually beside the point as the original poster said he wanted to
copy the film not buy it, and he in fact quite positively stated that he
would never spend $20 on a DVD.

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