U.S. copyright laws give you the right to make fair use backup copies of copyrighted content that you have licensed in part for the reason you mention, so you can protect content contained on media that deteriorates or might get destroyed.
The problem is that the Digital Millenium Copyright Act prohibits any device or technology used to circumvent copy protection or DRM controls. So, U.S. law is contradictory. On one hand, you can make personal, fair use backups. On the other, you can't use technology to circumvent copy protection (like Macrovision) in order to make those backups. -----Original Message----- From: James Maki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Music Downloads and DRM in genera It was more of a b*tch. Someday, DVD players "may" no longer be available (albiet, it would be many years in the future). Ask those people who invested in Edison's wax cylinders how easy it is to purchase a new player! :) I think we need to re-think the idea of DRM for the consumer. We are paying a large premium for the media which means we are in some way purchasing the rights to the contents. But once the media is gone is some way (destroyed, damaged, obsolete, etc.), we loose those rights and the media corporations will not reimburse for the loss. Maybe someone should compute how much consumers are loosing (like the movie companies do for loss due to pirates, vastly inflated $'s,IMHO) when having to replace media (I happen to like the movie Tombstone and have purchased it 3 times: once on a vhs tape that was "eaten" by my vcr, one on vhs to replace said first tape, and once on DVD). Just my 2 cents for a lazy Tuesday afternoon. -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
