Richmond, One "legal" factor you want to keep in mind is the number of concurrent playbacks per dvd. The backup argument is only good as long as you have a DVD for each concurrent viewing of the movie. E.g. 3 concurrent viewings = 3 DVDs.
And all of this is in the realm of non-tested law. I would get your school's attorney's approval (they should be willing to defend you if you are asked to cease and desist). Marc Siskin On Nov 8, 2010, at 1:35 PM, Richmond wrote: > My EFL school is slowly migrating from a mixed Mac and Ubuntu school to being > a 100% Ubuntu school. However, for some reason which escapes me DVD playback > on my Ubuntu boxes is, at best, "lumpy". > > Therefore I am proposing to make ISO images of all the DVDs that I own and > use on > a regular basis onto the hard disk of my main content delivery machine; I > will always > have the physical DVDs present in the classroom. > > This will allow my Ubuntu box to play my DVDs normally. > > Can anyone advise me as to the legality of this action? > > Morally I have no qualms whatever; without this process I would have to, > either, purchase a TV and a DVD player, or, a Mac. > > sincerely, Richmond. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > --------------- Marc Siskin Manager, Modern Language Resource Center Carnegie Mellon University [email protected] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
