On Jan 22, 2006, at 7:26 PM, 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.
The court did not rule on that part of the DMCA in regards to people
making copies. In fact they explicitly stated they were not ruling
on that. It was a narrow ruling in regards to programs written to do
this. Like i said a fine legal distinction. Also there have been
DMCA cases that have not found in favor of this. The adobe case
comes to mind in regards to encrypted PDFs. The caselaw is
conflicting.
--Larry
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