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minus-squareXLE@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoI thought people already were allowed to make their own copy of media they owned.
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 days agoCopyright law allows you to make a personal backup, but DMCA law prevents you from breaking encryption. Since you almost always have to break encryption to back up a DVD/BR, that’s always kinda been a fuzzy legal area.
I thought people already were allowed to make their own copy of media they owned.
Copyright law allows you to make a personal backup, but DMCA law prevents you from breaking encryption. Since you almost always have to break encryption to back up a DVD/BR, that’s always kinda been a fuzzy legal area.