On Jan 22, 2006, at 12:48 PM, Dennis Goglin wrote:
So I guess my question is two-fold: 1. Is it possible to save/ copy a movie from a dvd that I have either rented or borrowed? 2. Is doing this illegal?
1. Yes it is possible to save/copy a rented or borrowed dvd (there are some exceptions).
2. Doing so is illegal. Copying a DVD that you have bought is illegal. I'm sure that lil statement will get the howler monkeys going so lets clarify. You have the right to make a backup of media that you have bought. However if that disc is copy protected/ encrypted, which a commerical movie dvd is, then the part where you bypass said copy protection to extract the data, THAT part is illegal and is a felony.
So in other words the part where your use Mac The Ripper to extract the dvd contents to your hard drive, is illegal for ALL dvds that are encrypted (i.e. just about all commercial dvds) where you own the disc, rented or borrowed it.
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