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Originally Posted by thename
There was indeed and you sum it up correctly.
Technically the barrier to backing up a DVD is that one must circumvent the CSS encryption on most DVDs to do so. Others are correct, however, in that the RIAA has largely given up on litigating against those who rip CDs and no real legal definition of the practice's standing is extant. |
Thank you for the link. I see that the illegality here was the DRM circumvention, not a copyright infringement. That obviously doesn't include CDs.