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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane
I don't think ripping is a crime (depends on your local laws and what your rip). It is the sale of such software in question.
Generally I think it is crazy to ban sale of rip software too, but if it is designed to break a copy protection, then I do not mind banning it, or partly banning such features. I don't know if realdvd is designed to do that though. Their products sucks anyway  |
well let me explain. I purchase a lot of very expensive collector DVDs and CDs. Some compact discs I buy cost me $50 each if imported from places like Scandinavia... I collect import goods. I listen to many bands not from US like Turbonegro and have collected imports since I was in my teens.
Everytime I buy an expensive CD I do not play it, I rip a copy, and I play that and the mp3s and store the disc in my collection so I never scratch it.
I do the same with DVDs. I have hand numbered limited edition horror DVDs that I will not play but once to rip... selling software that rips is no different than selling VCRs.
This was settled in the case between Sony and Universal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_v._Universal
"The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for infringement. "