Media Centre legalities

[cava83]

Hi,

Just wondering if you guys have any information on this, cannot find a concrete answer on Google but haven't spent too long on it.

If you burn a DVD without modifying the DVD and store it on a drive/NAS is that illegal?

Some people state that it's illegal to copy DVD's due breaking the encryption.

Some people state that if it's used for personal reasons, it's not.

I think it might be on the same lines that it's illegal to copy a CD, yet you can rip them into iTunes?

Thanks,

G.

 

[Rob]

If you own the disc, keep it, don't sell it etc, I can't see why it's illegal.

 

[Andy.]

Nobody is going to come in your house and check anyway so I'd not worry about it TBH.

 

[@Spoonie]

cannot find a concrete answer on Google but haven't spent too long on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping

In the United Kingdom, making a private copy of copyrighted media without the copyright owner's consent is currently illegal,[SUP][3][/SUP][SUP][4][/SUP] but the UK government's new Digital Economy Act is likely to make copying of CDs for personal use legal.[SUP][5][/SUP] According to one survey, 59% of British consumers believed ripping a CD to be legal, and 55% admitted to doing it.[SUP][6][/SUP][SUP][7][/SUP]

 

[Sym0n]

What's a DVD?

 

[cava83]

What's a DVD?

It's the media you used to use when you shared your home p0rn collection with your mates........................

 

[Sym0n]

Ooooh yeah. Old skool innit!

 

[Tom]

p**n on DVD? Must have skipped that stage.

 

[The Fatty]

I always thought it was legal to make 1 backup for you personal use?

 

[cava83]

p**n on DVD? Must have skipped that stage.

Prior to youP0rn and the likes of cheap external mass storage.