Integra Type RThere was a program called DVD X Copy that allowed you to make CD/hard drive backups of your DVDs but the company that made it shut down due to lawsuits. There are freeware programs that will do the exact same thing though. 👍
sUnIs this possible? Can you rip a dvd onto your hard drive?
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But doesn't the law also say that you are entitled to 1 personal backup or something like that? So long as he legally owns the DVDs (which we can't prove he doesn't), he should be right.GilesGuthrieI'm going to allow this thread to remain visible, but it is definitely on the cusp of discussing illegal activity.
I don't have the information to hand, but I'm pretty sure that at least one court has ruled that decrypting DVD movies is illegal. It's not absolutely decided yet, but expect to see a court rule against it in future.
ShannonBut doesn't the law also say that you are entitled to 1 personal backup or something like that? So long as he legally owns the DVDs (which we can't prove he doesn't), he should be right.
Ahh, I see where you're coming from. I think if the DVD encryption developers make an easily crackable encryption method, then they should actually work on a more secure one than taking the cheap way out and making it illegal.GilesGuthrieLike I say, I don't have the information to hand at the moment (it's in a file on a server at work), but I think that the jist of the ruling is that the act of decrypting the DVD (not what you subsequently do with the decrypted data) is what is illegal. And since the question was to do with ripping the DVD to subsequently record it to the (unencrypted) VCD format, that's where the potential infringement lies, not in the issue of making backup copies.
The digital millenium copyright act prohibits backing up your own software/media. However, no court is going to charge a personal user for backing up their own media because of how high the risk of damaging the originals is. They call this Fair Use or something like thatShannonBut doesn't the law also say that you are entitled to 1 personal backup or something like that? So long as he legally owns the DVDs (which we can't prove he doesn't), he should be right.