[mythtv-users] Motorola DCX3200-M

[Scot Kreienkamp]

Look at AnyDVD.  That's how they can exist without getting sued out of
existence.  I can make a copy for personal use/backup.  As far as recording
with the HDPVR, I am not circumventing copy protection anyway.  There is no
copy protection on analog signals to circumvent.  Also, from the VCR high
court cases of the 80's I have a right to record TV for later playback for
personal use.  Put those two together and I have functionally circumvented
copy protection to record it, I'll give you that, but only because it's not
implemented on analog;  that fact does not make it illegal though.  YMMV,
IANAL.

Now if I give that copy to my brother to watch or keep then I've broken the
law.  That I fully admit.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 2:46 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Scot Kreienkamp <skreien at wcnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> <snip>The law allows us to record broadcast or cable TV in the US...even
>> if I break copy protection in the process.
>>
>
> I don't think that's true. I believe the DMCA prohibits breaking of copy
> protection (with some explicit narrow exceptions which have to be approved
> and renewed apparently).
>
> Karl
>
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