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Old 03-12-2010, 01:43 PM   #247
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But on the other hand, the judge in the "RealDVD" lawsuit ruled that the "right" to make a personal backup copy of your DVDs didn't exist, so presumably that is equally true for other forms of media?
That is because in order to make a personal backup of a DVD you have to strip the DRM. It's not a copyright fair use issue, it's a DMCA issue. The same is not true for books.
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