[mythtv-users] The Boxee Box

[Brian Wood]

On Thursday 10 December 2009 02:16:17 pm Mitch Gore wrote:
> > A perfect real world example of this point:
> >
> > http://xkcd.com/488/
> >
> > Jeff Walther
> 
> Or just buy the disc and rip it for a backup.  Then there will be no DRM
>  and your not a criminal.
> 

You are in the USA. Ripping DVDs requires defeating CSS, a violation of the 
DMCA. This assumes the DVD is CSS-protected, which just about all commercial 
disks are.