On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 9:01 PM, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > it's perfectly legal to copy your DVDs if you can
My understanding has been that, yes, you have a right to make backups for your personal use of copyrighted material which you have purchased. This is allowed as a "fair use" of the copyrighted material. HOWEVER, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) forbids (?) using a program to circumvent copy protection of digital media. So you have every right to make a "fair use" copy of the material, it's just illegal to use the tools which would actually let you make a copy. I'm (obviously) not a lawyer so perhaps I'm just completely wrong. Oh, well. -irrational john -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
