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The only way anybody would ever know or care about your
making a dozen back-up copies of your MS software or a
Hollywood movie was if you started giving them away to
friends and selling them on eBay.
If you want to store the original DVD/CD in a vault and use
only the copy you burned and it is only for your use, nobody
will care. Does it violate the US MCA as presently enforced
in the court, yes as to Hollywood and the judges are making
DVD ripping software harder to find, but if you can get the
software and defeat the encryption on the DVD (that is the
"crime") and you don't post, sell or barter the copy(ies) no
police will find you because they aren't looking. They are
looking for kiddy porn and so if you're into THAT, when they
find you they will tack-on the piracy charges on MCA.
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
"Charles" <microsoft@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:%23Pazc1yQFHA.164@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| Thanks for clarifying much better BAR. I could have not
said it better than
| you.
|
| "BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:7B0320F7-DD35-42AE-BFF9-4534DF3623EB@microsoft.com...
| > Interpretation of law, and to assume that a writer is co
resident in your
| > country, state or town, and thus subject to the same law
and also the same
| > interpretation of a law [if that law is written in the
same language, by
| > usage, grammer or dialect] is to be applied assuemes the
same status.
| >
| > To ASSUME - make an ASS of U and ME.
| >
| > So all you ASSes, forget about your high horses and
realise that one is
| > generally permitted to make a copy of any media [Music
Casette, or CD,
| > Software CD or other form, Video Tape, VCD or DVD] for
which one holds a
| > specific licence of use. This is usually an acceptable
practice covered
| > under the term 'backup copy'.
| >
| > For example even Microsoft states in some EULA "If you
are downloading the
| > Software from a Microsoft web site, you may make one (1)
additional copy
| > of
| > the Software on physical media such as a CD-ROM solely
to exercise the
| > rights
| > granted above."
| >
| > "Matt Gibson" wrote:
| >
| >> It's called making backup copies for yourself.
| >>
| >> Let me guess, you assume that anyone buying blank cd's
is engaged in
| >> piracy
| >> as well?
| >>
| >> Matt Gibson - GSEC
| >>
| >>
| >>
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