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Re:I bought a CD, not a licensing agreement by haroldp on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @05:31PM (#801156)
Oh, well, the DMCA is bullshit, that's how.

My understanding is that the "backup" of a DVD isn't really illegal. However, reverse engineering, or circumventing a DVD's copy protection scheme is. You're guilty of hacking, not copyright violation. IANAL.

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Re:I bought a CD, not a licensing agreement by pyre on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @05:55PM (#801199)
The 'technicality' is that you're allowed to create a way to circumvent the DVD's copy protection scheme, but you're not allowed to sell or distribute it. Therefore, anyone that wants to make a backup of their DVDs has to crack the DVD copy protection scheme on their own. They can't (legally) get a product to do it for them.
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