The issue is simple. While it is indeed legal for you to posess a "back up" copy of a commercially produced DVD that you have purchased, it is NOT legal to break the copy protection on said DVD. Thank your Senators and representatives for that little catch 22.
Mikeal On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:56 AM, John Musbach wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: >> It is 100% legal and totally ethical for me to rip my DVDs. It's >> called "Fair Use". >> >> Or are you implying that the OP would besmirch this list's rep by >> asking for assistance with ripping DVDs he doesn't already own? > > How can one say for sure? It's entirely possible, unless he owns a tv > show. In addition I do know that there was one dvd ripping software > which was banned from being sold in the US because it successfully > decrypted protected DVDs, doing such is indeed illegal. > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > John Musbach > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
