On 07/19/05 09:34 ET, Mntneer said...
Actually Spikey I'm pretty sure it's the cracking
of CSS that's dubbed illegal and not the copying
of the disc, and running your DVD player through
something like a TBC to strip off Macrovision
isn't against the law.
It's the violation of the DMCA's laws that prohibit
software that allow you to get around protection
systems that's the problem.
Yes, I believe I have said that before (countless times on many forums), not sure why you think you're correcting me. Except that Macrovision is a protection system. So getting around it (software or hardware) is illegal.
If it were for being able to backup DVD's, I'd
have had to buy 20 copies of the same damn Wiggles
DVD. Instead, my 2 year old can destroy the DVD-R
backups while I rest assured that the original
is tucked safely away in a shelf far from his
reach.
I'm probably going to start using backups for the kids' stuff soon, too. Illegal or not. I'm not fighting through the studios idiocy anymore. MV, CSS, DMCA, and then putting discs OOP. Gimme a break.
