Mike Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Is it legal? Many American legal experts believe that under United States' Federal law making a backup copy of a DVD-Video or an audio CD by a consumer is legal. Some feel this provision of US law conflicts with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibition of so-called "circumvention measures" of copy protections. In the noted "321" case, Federal District Judge Susan Illston, of the Northern District of California (see: http://dvdxcopy.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/72527), ruled that the backup copies made with software such as DVD Decrypter are in fact legal but that distribution of the software used to make them is illegal. As of the date of this revision, neither the US Supreme Court nor the US Congress has taken definitive action on the matter. What's your opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 If the Government doesnt like the idea of copying dvds...or hollywood hates it...then why produce dvd burners? I mean, they would of had to see it coming! And there really is no reason for DVD burners, its just as easy to rip a file into VCD, AVI, or SVCD, then burn it onto a couple cd r's. If they didnt want them to do it, the government would have stopped production. Now, i have to say...People really dont use the dvd burners as seriously as the creators thought they would. I have used mine maybe 2 times since ive had it. Most peopl ei iknow with the burners still buy the dvd;s which is probably why the supreme court wont do anything on this. I can see why movie makers would be upset about distribution of software cause they lose money. I understand, but...the music industry is making it okay... Soon, like new albums, new movies will be able to be bought and downloaded online, cause thats the kind of technology we will have. 10 years ago, who would have thought we could have burned music onto a cd? 10 years ago, who thought we could have Downloaded music online?? If you ask me, i dont think this should be looked at as a big issue, it will be a waste of money and time. They should just come up with a format of video that you just cant burn. Its not hard. see, ill use music as an example. the formats *.mp4, *.aac, and *,wma are not possible to burn onto a cd, and are locked into that format. Nobody has been able to break it, if its possible to do it with music, you can do it with movies. I know of a new technology i heard of, maybe around here, not sure. Its a special type of cd, that after so long, it basically burns up. You can use it well for 24 hours, but after that 24 hours, it stops working, and its impossible to burn or copy. Rental stores like Blockbuster, or Movie Gallery, or Hollywood Video are looking at taking this on. It would be new, and in a way, cheaper. I guess ill save some space for some people and rest my fingers for now. More later...research time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Like the federal government all I can say is yes, but then again no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 This is an article i found researchin online... DVD Burning: Is it Legal? by Steve Bishop DVD Burning: Is it Legal? When it comes to DVD burning, many people have questions and concerns. Some people may be performing illegal acts without realizing it. Other people may be afraid of doing something that is against the law. So we are going to clear it all up once and for all. Just like copying music files from the internet, DVD burning is a highly controversial process. Many people may be very confused as to whether or not what they are doing is legal. In the past, there have been several products designed to help the consumer make back up copies of their DVDs. However, in February of 2004, the laws on this changed and many companies were no longer allowed by law to sell their software copy programs. Burning a copy of the DVD you have purchased for personal use has long been accepted as legal. People did it for many years. The fair-use doctrine of the U.S. copyright law accepted that back up copies for personal use were okay. However, the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) that stated that it is illegal to break the CSS copy protection mechanism that is on most commercial DVDs. So technically, the law does not state that it is illegal to make copies of movies. It does however; state that it is illegal to circumvent the anti-piracy technology. So DVD burning products that ripped the movies coding were considered illegal. New ripper-free versions of software were created but these do not usually work on commercial DVDs. For now, the law basically states that you can not make a copy of a commercial DVD, even if that copy is intended as a backup for personal use. You certainly can not give that copy to anyone else or sell it or distribute it in any way. There is a lot of software out there that surpasses the copy-protection schemes on store-bought DVDs and will allow you to make copies but you should be aware that you use these at your own risk because the law could charge you in violation of intellectual property laws. There are however, legal DVD burning programs for unprotected discs such as your own home movies. These disc burning programs can also help you burn your home movies from VHS to DVD. If you purchase your software from the internet, you may want to be careful to make sure you are purchasing legal software. You would not want to become the subject of a legal situation later. Lol, i hope you guys dont think im monopolizing this post. This subject is one of my favorites, my friends call me a little pirate... Lets fire this post up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Whatever they come up with seems to be working out as well as Prohibition ever did ... The bottom line is you can't trust most of the people anytime - they'll do as they please until caught . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I have a perfectly working version of a DVD Copy program that should be nameless. I had to crack the version on my own & bundle it together, I figure if they didn't want dvd's burned, they wouldn't make burners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 You have a point : perhaps PC's and access to both their technologies and access to the internet were unleashed without much forethought- and clearly without government being clued in ( so much for UFO conspiracies or any other such activities ) . A little creepy that we have to trust these guys , also , with ' the button' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 I have had a DVD player/recorder for a while, use to record shows for the wife, I bought to convert my 1 hour digital camera video. It works perfect 1 hour on a single sided disc, broadcast quality or better. Then I bought a burner for the computer, these digital pictures these days are so large now I would use up a CD-R in no time, time to grow. Well, like a kid with a new toy..."what else could I use it for? Now 20 years ago, I rented VHS tapes (and only .5% had macrovision) and recorded them for my own "re-viewing". Never made a cent, never felt it was wrong. Seems like a normal thing to do. It'll be interesting what the future will bring in this arena of technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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