Home audio & video: if it is legal to convert protected dvd?
if it is legal to convert protected dvd?
by cocoo1203 - 2/8/09 6:31 PMSome download sites support dvd converter that can converter protected dvd. If it is illegal, who is liable for the responsibility, Publisher or user?
The software is legal in the U.S....
by Pepe7 - 2/8/09 6:46 PM In reply to: if it is legal to convert protected dvd? by cocoo1203...just like a photocopier is legal. What you do with it is the issue. In the U.S. it's illegal, but other countries do permit backing up the DVD for personal use and not for sharing via P2P, etc. I believe academics are the exception in the U.S. for being able to copy extracts of commercial DVDs for classroom/research use. Perhaps it has happened but I am not aware of anyone being sued yet for simply shrinking/converting a commercial DVD, anyone that wasn't sharing it anyway. Maybe take a peek at a recent DMCA site for more specifics(?) Perhaps some things have changed.
-Pedro
p.s. there's reason why the producers of slysoft anydvd & elby's clone dvd are not located in U.S. soil 
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by cocoo1203 - 2/9/09 10:25 PM In reply to: The software is legal in the U.S.... by Pepe7thank you very much. 
hmm
by johnisnotcool - 2/9/09 9:07 AM In reply to: if it is legal to convert protected dvd? by cocoo1203I think that you can legal back up anything you own, games, movies, music cd, anything. As long as you dont share it.
incorrect
by Pepe7 - 2/9/09 1:49 PM In reply to: hmm by johnisnotcoolLook up DMCA for more specifics. Backing up Audio CDs is fine, the others (DVD/Games) are still a bit of a grey area legally speaking. It also varies by country, FWIW.
-Pedro
rule of thumb
by bearvp - 2/9/09 2:05 PM In reply to: if it is legal to convert protected dvd? by cocoo1203You can legally copy/backup ANY audio/video media that you own, but you cannot sell the copies or distribute the copies to others. Also, DVDShrink is a great DVD ripping/copying software. I used it once when I had to extract some scenes from a DVD for a school presentation and put the excerpts into a PowerPoint.
When you get into copying games, then it gets a bit tricky. Usually you have to adhere to some sort of user end agreement with the game consoles and almost always you need a modded console to play copied games. Modding consoles is against the user end agreements almost always. Also, games typically come with DRM in them so copying them is difficult and not worth your while.
Not quite
by Pepe7 - 2/10/09 10:13 AM In reply to: rule of thumb by bearvpDMCA still per se doesn't prevent the movie studios from legally prohibiting you from making copies of commercial DVDs by employing CSS, etc. But truth be told, that issue has not yet been vetted by the courts. As it stands, circumventing CSS technically is in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Title I. You essentially have the right to make a backup copy for personal use but do not have the right to go around the hoops as such. Here's the wikipedia entry, which is helpful, as it lists the exceptions-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
-Pedro
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