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To: steve harris who wrote (143092)	10/15/2005 12:40:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

the process of duplicating the DVD at home How do you allow one and restrict the other? This seems to be the conundrum.

To: steve harris who wrote (143092)	10/15/2005 1:51:51 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 794009

Not of DVDs you own.. That's because of the DMCA, which is very recent. It should be noted that the DMCA explicitly recognizes a consumer's fair use rights, and does not criminalize the copying itself. The DMCA criminalizes circumvention of copy protection and the trafficking in devices that circumvent copy protection. So you have the bizarre and anomolous situation of being able to copy your property under fair use, but it is illegal to do so because you can't write or possess devices that can circumvent the copy protection so you can copy. HUH?? Who wins that fight? EDIT: An analogy - it's like being able to make carbon copies of copyrighted printed works for your own use, but the use of carbon paper, xerox machines, or writing devices used to copy were made illegal. Sure you can copy, but everything that enables you to copy is illegal. Derek