[mythtv-users] Motorola DCX3200-M

[Scot Kreienkamp]

Maybe you should spend a few minutes googling before writing your reply.
Here's some of the case law you said doesn't exist.  For the encryption
part, you're correct in that it hasn't been tested in the courts yet.  It
doesn't need to be.  The broadcast rule that enforced copyright was struck
down ten years ago.   Now if you're talking DVD's, while a lawyer could
make a very good argument that has at least a 50/50 case of winning on fair
use rights, the DMCA would appear to make it illegal in all cases.  But
that's not what we're talking about in this conversation.  We're talking
about broadcast and/or cable TV.


From
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc
.
...a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States> which
ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television> shows for purposes of time
shifting <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_shifting> does not
constitute copyright
infringement <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement>,
but is fair
use <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use>.

Broadcast copy flag struck down:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/07/technology/antipiracy-rule-for-broadcasts-is-struck-down.html?_r=0


On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Scot Kreienkamp <skreien at wcnet.org> wrote:
> > ...  The law allows
> > us to record broadcast or cable TV in the US as much as I care to as
> long as
> > it's for personal use, even if I break copy protection in the process.
>
> I am not your lawyer, but your overly broad generalizations and
> interpretation
> of what you are allowed to do under the law of the US does not appear to
> be supported by any existing case law.  I recommend that you talk to *your*
> lawyer before acting on your beliefs to avoid certain unpleasantness.
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