Comments on: Lexmark vs SCC (and the DMCA) http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2004/10/28/lexmark-vs-scc-and-the-dmca/ "bura bura" - wandering (Japanese) Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:52:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jem http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2004/10/28/lexmark-vs-scc-and-the-dmca/#comment-4177 Jem Sun, 13 Mar 2005 05:53:40 +0000 http://www.higgs-family.net/~jeremy/archives/2004/10/28/lexmark-vs-scc-and-the-dmca/#comment-4177 I can't give you a concrete answer, but from what I've read, I would think copying a DVD to a hard disk is not covered under fair use. Copying the DVD directly might be (as a "backup"), but since you're converting the content of the DVD (covered under copyright) into another form (e.g. an MPEG4 file, DivX, etc), that's probably adaptation. I can’t give you a concrete answer, but from what I’ve read, I would think copying a DVD to a hard disk is not covered under fair use. Copying the DVD directly might be (as a “backup”), but since you’re converting the content of the DVD (covered under copyright) into another form (e.g. an MPEG4 file, DivX, etc), that’s probably adaptation.

]]> By: Joe http://bura-bura.com/blog/archives/2004/10/28/lexmark-vs-scc-and-the-dmca/#comment-3974 Joe Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:27:42 +0000 http://www.higgs-family.net/~jeremy/archives/2004/10/28/lexmark-vs-scc-and-the-dmca/#comment-3974 <!-- spamk : Comment text: 'Since you've been studying the DMCA in class I've got a question for you. There seems to be a lot of opinions out there but I can't seem to find a good overview for the legality of it. If someone is building a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) based on Freevo or MythTV is the 'copying' of the DVD to their hard drive of DVDs they legally own illegal by the DMCA? I've seem some information that relates to fair use however the reading I've done seems to imply there is no free use under the DMCA....would this be a correct assumption? Thanks.' matched ((holdem|texas|poker|casino|online|gambl|blackjack|game|free).*){2,} --> Since you've been studying the DMCA in class I've got a question for you. There seems to be a lot of opinions out there but I can't seem to find a good overview for the legality of it. If someone is building a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) based on Freevo or MythTV is the 'copying' of the DVD to their hard drive of DVDs they legally own illegal by the DMCA? I've seem some information that relates to fair use however the reading I've done seems to imply there is no free use under the DMCA....would this be a correct assumption? Thanks.
Since you’ve been studying the DMCA in class I’ve got a question for you. There seems to be a lot of opinions out there but I can’t seem to find a good overview for the legality of it.

If someone is building a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) based on Freevo or MythTV is the ‘copying’ of the DVD to their hard drive of DVDs they legally own illegal by the DMCA? I’ve seem some information that relates to fair use however the reading I’ve done seems to imply there is no free use under the DMCA….would this be a correct assumption?

Thanks.

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