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Copy DVD's for backup purposes.

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de8212

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Just a general question, not a "how to" or what programs type of discussion. Not even a should it or should it not be legal/illegal.
If you purchase a dvd is it illegal to make a copy simply to use rather than the original disc? IOW if you just want to store the original and use backup.

I was under the impression this was the case with audio cd's but was curious about DVD's.

I appreciate anyones knowledge on this but also any official links to this info are appreciated.
 
I'm positive that it USED to fall under "Fair Use", and was upheld in court many times, UNTIL the DMCA. Now, I dunno anymore...
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
I'm positive that it USED to fall under "Fair Use", and was upheld in court many times, UNTIL the DMCA. Now, I dunno anymore...
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there is no fair use clause when it comes to DMCA. The only reason it is illegal is because you have to circumvent CSS.
 
Originally posted by: zerocool1

there is no fair use clause when it comes to DMCA. The only reason it is illegal is because you have to circumvent CSS.
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This is what I thought but I read this.
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 2006, the US Library of Congress created an exemption that explicitly allows circumventing access control for certain educational purposes. [2]

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.



Of course i'm not trying to split hairs but just wanted definitive clarification.
 
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