At 01:13 PM 5/28/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 08:36:28AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > If it's illegal to circumvent a copy protection scheme,
> > is it still illegal to do so if making a personal copy
> > is legal?
>
>Yes, says the MPAA, the Clinton and Bush administrations, and
>at least one federal judge. That came up in the DeCSS trial.
>
> > Or is circumventing a copy protection scheme a general thing,
> > separate from the copying step?
>
>Yes, says the MPAA, the Clinton and Bush administrations, and
>at least one federal judge.
>
>The thing about the DeCSS trial, as I wrote about a year and a half ago,
>is that 2600 likely violated the DMCA. The question then becomes whether
>the DMCA is constitutional or not.
An equally interesting question is whether it is illegal for a consumer to
copy already ripped DV material a friend may have. Since the person doing
the copying did not circumvent the copy protection, not perhaps their
friend, nor even know the original source and whether it was protected,
they should not be liable.
steve
