Posted by BB on 11/04/44 11:37

"Jeff Rife" <wevsr@nabs.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e36de7d7b450b9c98a2d9@news.nabs.net...
> BB (NEWSMAN@NOSPAM.COM) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/hr2281_dmca_law_19981020_pl105-304.html
> >
> > As I understand it under the DMCA, copying a DVD even if you own it
would be
> > illegal, since to do so means you have to circumvent the copy protection
> > which it does not allow.
>
> Technically, yes, it is infringement just like recording a TV show is
> infringement. But, just like recording a TV show can be defended using
> "fair use" (that's what the Sony v. Universal lawsuit stated in the
> opinion), copying a DVD for "fair use" purposes is legal even with the
> DMCA, and it states that:
>
> "1201
> (c) OTHER RIGHTS, ETC., NOT AFFECTED-
> (1) Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies,
> limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including
> fair use, under this title."

I agree that if you "own" the content (have purchased a DVD et al) you
should be OK - renting a DVD and then copying it I beleive is outside the
scope of fair use - just like you cannot borrow a book and make a full copy
of it. . .

Billy

>
>
> --
> Jeff Rife | copy protection: n. A class of methods for
> | preventing incompetent pirates from stealing
> | software and legitimate customers from using it.
> | Considered silly.
> | -- Jargon File version 4.4.6

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