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Public Knowledge requests DMCA exemption for format shifting DVD content

article published on 7 December, 2011

Every three years, when the US Copyright Office considers potential exemptions to the DMCA's anti-circumvention provision, the issue of DVD ripping is raised. DVD ripping, or more accurately bypassing the CSS encryption used for DRM on most DVDs, is illegal under the DMCA. Not surprisingly, the MPAA has fought the effort to exempt bypassing CSS for fair use purposes on the grounds it ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		7. December 2011 @ 03:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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the MPAA has fought the effort to exempt bypassing CSS for fair use purposes on the grounds it would lead to more piracy.
Worthless bastards...they know perfectly well that CSS doesn't do anything to prevent piracy. They just want to force people to buy digital copies of movies they already own.

All these lies on behalf of the DMCA should be grounds for removing it all together.
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Clam_Up
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_ 		7. December 2011 @ 05:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's not the methods that are used to prevent Copyright infringement that should be called into question. It's the unreasonable length of time Copyright privileges are granted to content owners that needs to be addressed.
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When laws allow unlimited ownership of ideas, it is to a society as iron fusion is to the core of a star.

When verified realities lead us to anger, we must learn to reevaluate our beliefs.
KillerBug
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_ 		8. December 2011 @ 00:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Regardless of copyrights, when you buy a movie, you should have the rights to use that movie in any private setting you like...it shouldn't matter if you want to watch it on a laptop with a DVD drive or a netbook without a DVD drive.

Heck, you should even be able to get updated versions...if you have a movie on DVD then you should be able to get the bluray version because you have already paid for the rights to the movie.
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