On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 01:57 -0700, Vincent L. Damewood wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Michael C. Robinson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Personally?  I would just buy a Blu-Ray player box if I wanted to
> >> watch the things.  Any real computing platform is going to make it
> >> way, way more pain than just pirating the content would be.  For your
> >> protection, of course. ;)
> >>
> >> Daniel
> >
> > I'm not trying to pirate Blu-Ray discs.  I do have a legal right to
> > circumvent copy protection for making legitimate backup copies if I own
> > the Blu-Ray disc.
> 
> No, you don't, if the Blu-Ray Disc is encrypted.

I respectfully disagree with you.  A judge would have to enforce your
interpretation which is ridiculous from the standpoint of fair use.  I
believe there are countries already that are refusing to prosecute
people who circumvent copy protection schemes to make legitimate
personal use copies.  Now then, if a vendor wants to offer me a digital
copy that I can download legally, that is a whole lot easier than trying
to overcome copy protection.

> Section 1201 Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems
> 
> "[...] No person shall circumvent a technological measure that
> effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
> 
> http://www.copyright.gov/title17/


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