dhork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I think ripping DVDs is still technically illegal, even though CSS has long since been broken. It is still illegal to circumvent encryption in a copy protection scheme, even if it’s for your own personal use and the encryption scheme has been pwned.
Anafabula@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
psud@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
And beyond the law it depends also on enforcement
The US doesn’t give a right to break Bluray copy protection and make a personal backup or access it on a device that otherwise couldn’t play it. But the only enforcement is on people sharing copies, no one is prosecuted for format shifting their collection to play over their LAN
isgleas@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Iirc, you are entitled to have/create a backup of your physical media, as long as it is for your personal use.
dhork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But if I remember from back in the day, the DMCA doesn’t have any exception for that. This is why CD ripping was legal, while DVD ripping was not. It had nothing to do with fair use or backups, but rather that DVDs have encryption, and CDs do not. Circumventing that encryption for any reason was illegal.
I don’t think it has changed, but it’s been a hot minute since the Cypherpunks all wore DeCSS T-Shirts…
psud@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I believe you’re (of you’re American) now allowed to rip DVD but not anything newer. DMCA protection was removed from CSS