On Sunday, Jan 22, 2006, at 18:26 America/Chicago, Brian Scott Oplinger
wrote:
Lawrence Sica wrote:
Actually it is not that simple. The actual legality of copying DVDs
was not addressed in the court case, the 321 Studios once. They only
ruled about 321 studios program violating the DMCA. Also making a
copy of a DVD, encrypted or no *is not a felony*.
Actually, according to the DCMA, any decrypting is a felony. Whether
you would be prosecuted for say converting your Firefly DVDs into a
copy you take with you on trips, so you don't have to worry if they
are broken/lost/stolen/damaged is debatable. But its still a felony to
do so.
If you'll excuse my interjecting my opinion on here, the DMCA is such a
buggy piece of law that is extremely vague as to how it's read and how
it's enforced. Is it so wrong to rip a DVD for use with your iPod video?
In conclusion, my belief is that it depends on the situation as to
whether it's illegal or not. Of course, if you'll excuse my legal and
software flamethrowing, the DMCA is the legal equivalent of Windows.
Buggy, yet sold off as the best thing out there since sliced bread.
Just my humble opinion from way down South,
Caleb
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