On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 16:03, Michael C. Robinson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> > Legally speaking, do I have to keep the original VHS tapes when done?
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge, you broke the law when you recorded the
>> VHS content to DVD, full stop, so you are already in trouble. Format
>> shifting is very restricted under most copyright law implementations.
>
> Is there any way to do this without breaking the law?
So far as I am aware, no, but I am not an expert. However, in
Australia, the answer would categorically be no: you are expected to
buy the DVD versions formally, not shift the VHS ones.
> I don't think
> Disney is going to have the police break down my door for making a
> private use copy of a private use VHS tape, but I could be wrong. Is
> Disney digital copy compatible with Linux? I'm not trying to make money
> off of these copies, I'm just trying to stream them so that the VCR
> isn't needed. I won't copy any Blu-Ray discs.
I don't honestly think you are more at risk from doing this than most
people are for their less-than-legal media, or format shifting. After
all, CD to iPod is more or less in the same bucket, and that doesn't
seem to slow anyone down. ;)
> Concerning fair use, Disney employing multiple copy protection schemes
> is making it very difficult to legitimately copy content. That the law
> could protect Disney's rudeness is even worse. The collection is paid
> for, none of the tapes are illegal. Isn't it fair use to make the
> programs compatible with modern DVD players so long as I keep the
> originals and don't distribute for profit the copies?
I think so, yes, but the law doesn't agree. Which is, I think, a
failing of the law.
> Some will scream and say that my proposal makes the copyright worthless,
> but the copyright was never supposed to keep content shared with the
> public under wraps forever. People will still buy commercial copies of
> movies when they are out of copyright. Copying from one format to
> another is time consuming and painful.
Yeah. This is pretty much my view, too. I also feel that people
should be aware of what the law says, even if the law is an ass. ;)
Good luck,
Daniel
On the plus side, since I doubt it makes any difference to the legal
status, IMO you don't have to find a way to store those VHS tapes.
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