[mythtv-users] DVD Ripping was: Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

David Campbell dave at cpfc.org
Wed Jun 20 14:49:05 UTC 2007


Robin Hill wrote:
> Well, IANAL but my understanding of the UK position is that it is a
> copyright violation to make any copy of the DVD (as there's no fair use
> provisions at all under UK law) though some/all of the copyright cartels
> (RIAA/MPAA equivalents - I forget who they are) have stated that they
> won't prosecute for personal copies.
> 
> It is also a violation of the EUCD to break the CSS protection (though
> there was a recent case in Finland which held the CSS protection not to
> be effective so not covered by the EUCD - how this affects other
> country's interpretations is still to be seen though).
> 
> On a more positive note, there is no patent protection on the MPEG2
> codec in the UK (as software/process patents are still not legal) so there
> shouldn't be anything (legally) stopping you playing non-protected DVD
> discs on a Linux system.
> 
> I'd be absolutely astounded to see any case come to court on personal
> copying in the UK anyway.
> 
> HTH,
>         Robin


Thanks Robin that is helpful.

I may curtail any further posts about making personal backups of my 
DVD's on the list.

Dave



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