[mythtv-users] Motorola DCX3200-M
Thomas Mashos
thomas at mashos.com
Tue Sep 1 19:46:43 UTC 2015
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:39 PM Scot Kreienkamp <skreien at wcnet.org> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
Simple. They reside in a country that doesn't follow the Intellectual
Property laws of the United States. In the case of AnyDVD, this would be
Antigua and Barbuda
http://www.worldipreview.com/news/antigua-to-go-ahead-with-us-copyright-suspension
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Thomas Mashos
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