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Originally Posted by fjtorres
And you do realize that a lot of cable is drm'ed and expires even when PVR'ed, right? That digital cable HD can't be pvr'ed outside the cableco boxes?
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That isn't true. The FCC has specifically ruled that third party DVRs must be allowed via the cable card standard. My TiVo's work just fine, and nothing on them ever expires.
The amendments to the DMCA aren't going to change copyright law. They just are going to prohibit making otherwise non-infringing uses legal just because they require breaking encryption.
The examples cited are dumb, but here is a simpler example: I bought a DVD. What is the principled reason why I should not be able, for my own use and not to share or upload, to 1) make a backup of the DVD, 2) transfer it to a device so I can watch it without the actual disc, such as a phone or computer?
None of that would be illegal under copyright law. I can legally do these precise things with audio CDs, which lack encryption. It's only illegal because of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. Why shouldn't I be able to do that? "Because other people might abuse it" is not really a good answer.