[MacDV] DVDs, VIDEO_TS & Toast 6

[Steven Rogers]

On May 3, 2004, at 9:48 PM, Randy Clark wrote:

> Using DVDBackup, I made a duplicate of one of my commercial DVDs to 
> send with my kids while they're away at their grandparents. No, I 
> don't trust them to take care of the original   ;^) and I may want to 
> watch the video while they're away.  I checked & it appears I'm within 
> my Fair Use rights.

You'd think its perfect reasonable, but its not what any court would 
interpret as fair use because you have to defeat a copy protection 
scheme to do it. In fact, its a violation of the DMCA. IMO, its a bad 
combination:  the activity seems reasonable, but there are obscure laws 
that attach a BIG penalty to it, *and* they're generally not being 
enforced except at the whim of a prosecutor - when its convenient to 
make an example of someone.

SR