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Happenings on the DMCA front

Happenings on the DMCA front

Posted Oct 31, 2003 21:06 UTC (Fri) by bchapman26 (guest, #4565)
Parent article: Happenings on the DMCA front

Where does making copies of a DVD fall under thye DMCA? If I copy (to make a backup) a DVD bit for bit without unencrypting the DVD, did I violate the DMCA?


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Happenings on the DMCA front

Posted Nov 8, 2003 11:21 UTC (Sat) by robbe (subscriber, #16131) [Link]

If I copy (to make a backup) a DVD bit for bit without unencrypting the DVD, did I violate the DMCA?

No you didn't. The only problem being that your typical backup with consumer-grade equipment is not a bit-for-bit one (remember that most movies are still larger than the capacity of recordable DVDs).

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