<div dir="ltr"><div>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.  <br></div><br><br>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc</a>.<br>...a decision by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court of the United States</a> which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> shows for purposes of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_shifting" title="Time shifting">time shifting</a> does not constitute <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a>, but is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use" title="Fair use">fair use</a>.<br><br>Broadcast copy flag struck down:<br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/07/technology/antipiracy-rule-for-broadcasts-is-struck-down.html?_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/07/technology/antipiracy-rule-for-broadcasts-is-struck-down.html?_r=0</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com" target="_blank">gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Scot Kreienkamp <<a href="mailto:skreien@wcnet.org">skreien@wcnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> ...  The law allows<br>
> us to record broadcast or cable TV in the US as much as I care to as long as<br>
> it's for personal use, even if I break copy protection in the process.<br>
<br>
I am not your lawyer, but your overly broad generalizations and interpretation<br>
of what you are allowed to do under the law of the US does not appear to<br>
be supported by any existing case law.  I recommend that you talk to *your*<br>
lawyer before acting on your beliefs to avoid certain unpleasantness.<br>
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