Posted by PTravel on 02/01/07 20:42

"Rick Merrill" <rick0.merrill@NOSPAM.gmail.com> wrote in message
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> PTravel wrote:
>> "timepixdc" <timepixdc@aol.comx> wrote in message
>> news:timepixdc-20C2B5.09481501022007@news.lga.highwinds-media.com...
>>> In article <1170203953.011518.323160@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>,
>>> ptravel@travelersvideo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Copying a DVD to a computer to watch on a plane is _probably_ fair
>>>> use .
>>> Not in the USA.
>>
>> Really, counselor? Why do you think that?
> DVD == media
> computer != media

Media shifting has already been held to be fair use in the context of music.
Though I'm not aware of any decisions addressing it, the rationale with
respect to video should be the same.

>
> + impossible to police

Not a legal consideration and irrelevant to a determination of fair use.


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