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Re: Can no longer record anything to VCR/DVD from Comcast? said by yhp 
First of all, home taping isn't infringement. The Supreme Court said so in 1976.
Second of all, it's not up to Comcast to simply slap a no-record signal on every channel/program. They're supposed to be obeying the wishes of the content providers in this regard. In my experience, they do exactly that, and it is the odd live event which my off-the-shelf hardware refuses to record. For the most part, I'm not restricted by Comcast or the provider in any way.
Althought it may not be up to Comcast to put a no-record signal on every channel, as you put it, if the content providers want that, then it wouldn't be Comcast's fault. |
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yhp
join:2006-12-27
Philadelphia, PA | The Digital Millennium Copyright Act could change the entire Supreme Court ruling because of the fact that the content is coming from a digital source and is digital content.
It's different and separate from infringement. One can distribute circumvention tools (at great legal risk, of course) without infringing copyright. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | said by yhp:The Digital Millennium Copyright Act could change the entire Supreme Court ruling because of the fact that the content is coming from a digital source and is digital content. What the DMCA did (among other things) is make any anti-copying mechanism sacrosanct: if you circumvent it, or distribute the tools to do it, you're breaking the law. It's different and separate from infringement. One can distribute circumvention tools (at great legal risk, of course) without infringing copyright. Which is why for awhile I do not know if it is true any more but VLC used to warn people about mirroring libdcss(I think thats the file) on US servers. Because VLC has no Macrovision license it technically violates the DMCA if used for watching DVDs.
Of course I will state there are Zero moral issues in using VLC even if its ability to decode DVDs violates the DMCA.
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yhp
join:2006-12-27
Philadelphia, PA | Of course I will state there are Zero moral issues in using VLC even if its ability to decode DVDs violates the DMCA. |
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