is a catch 22, you do have a fair use right to backup anything but the caveat is the getting around the css protection which seems to mean yes u can unless we say u can't.
this is nothing compared to what MS is up to. they just black listed a hell of a lot of OEM keys on factory built system to prevent
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Another common misconception is that you can transfer a preinstalled or OEM copy of Windows from an "old" machine to a new machine. An OEM software license may not be transferred from and old machine to a new machine even if that machine is no longer in use. The end-user license agreement, which is granted to the end-user by the System Builder, specifies that the OEM System Builder license can not be transferred from the original machine to another PC.
:'(
At 12:50 PM 5/25/2005, Bill Poked the stick with:
That is not correct.
321 Studios based their entire argument on the notion of "fair use." Thus, if
you own a DVD you have the right to make a backup copy for personal use.
The courts, do not agree. Thus the hasty demise of 321 Studios. Their software
had a built-in DeCSS decryptor.
In order to make a backup copy using software, at some point, one must use a
decryptor, which circumvents copyright protection.
Software that includes a decryptor violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
of 1998. But the digital cat-and mouse game continues with loads of software
solutions that supposedly get around that. Though admittedly, most DVD burning
solutions these days do not include a decryptor, using an add-on from another
source.
In terms of the MPAA, the Golden Rule applies here: "He who has all the gold
makes all the rules."
Tallyho ! ]:8)
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