On Oct 24, 2006, at 7:09 AM, Shawn Willden wrote:
On Tuesday 24 October 2006 05:38, Steven McCown wrote:
Even if you think that it *should* be okay to illegally download
music and
videos, at the moment it is not.
At this moment it's also illegal to watch legally-purchased DVDs on
Linux. Or
to rip them and store them on a MythTV video jukebox for more
convenient
watching (and so that your two year-old doesn't destroy them). For
that
matter, by the letter of the law it's arguably illegal to convert
your CDs to
MP3s for listening on your iPod.
Now the DVD situation *is* illegal under the DMCA. Breaking
encryption algorithms *does* have a specific category under law and
people have been found guilty of it. This is separate from Fair Use
Doctrine. Again, the question in this instance is "It's illegal, but
is it moral?"
Jesse
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