Hal-5700X to [email protected]English • 1 year ago[Louis Rossmann] Piracy is COMPLETELY justified: Louis tries NetFlix and remembers whyodysee.commessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1514cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1477external-link[Louis Rossmann] Piracy is COMPLETELY justified: Louis tries NetFlix and remembers whyodysee.comHal-5700X to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square136fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•1 year agoI believe ripping your DVDs is technically illegal because breaking CSS is a violation of the DMCA. It is quite easy to do though. MakeMKV is great.
minus-squareKid_Thunderlinkfedilink23•edit-21 year agoThere is actually a DMCA exemption (1201) for ripping DVD’s and bypassing the DRM for copyright that falls under fair-use otherwise. The Librarian of Congress has the power to grant these exemptions to the DMCA and grants quite a few other things. Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies These exemptions are good until October 2024 but just like previously, the same exemptions and perhaps even more will likely continue.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHuh, I guess I’m not the bad-boy who plays by his own set of rules that I kept telling myself I was. Thanks for the correction.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that effectively control access to copyrighted works shall not apply for the next three years to persons who engage in certain noninfringing uses of certain classes of such works. Do they define “noninfringing uses” anywhere?
I believe ripping your DVDs is technically illegal because breaking CSS is a violation of the DMCA. It is quite easy to do though. MakeMKV is great.
There is actually a DMCA exemption (1201) for ripping DVD’s and bypassing the DRM for copyright that falls under fair-use otherwise. The Librarian of Congress has the power to grant these exemptions to the DMCA and grants quite a few other things. Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
These exemptions are good until October 2024 but just like previously, the same exemptions and perhaps even more will likely continue.
Huh, I guess I’m not the bad-boy who plays by his own set of rules that I kept telling myself I was.
Thanks for the correction.
Do they define “noninfringing uses” anywhere?
Sure. Scroll down.