There are legal aspects regarding burning or copying of DVD movies. A DVD you have purchased can be copied for backup purposes, which is legal. Evading or breaking the encryption of a commercially produced DVD is illegal. Certainly making copies of a commercially produced DVD then reselling them on the street, Internet, or wherever, is most assuredly illegal.
Many DVD burning software products available for purchase and reviewed on "DVD burning software review" do not offer any of the circumvention techniques used by the movie-pirate set. Here are some terms and details to look for: Content Scramble System is just one way Digital Rights Management attempts to thwart the illegal copying of a DVD as well as the use of an illegally copied DVD. Digital Rights Management bypass is an example of an illegal though widely used circumvention technique.
Digital Rights Management refers to technologies of access control by the manufacturers of hardware and software, publishers and copyright holders in attempting to control the usage and illegal distribution of their digital content and devices.
This term describes any technology designed to discourage the use of unauthorized digital content (DVD movies, for example) and devices (iPhones, for example) Digital Rights Management does not usually refer to other forms of copy protection that can be circumvented without modifying the file or device, for example, serial numbers or key files.
Finding the technology to circumvent the Content Scramble System on your personal DVD is readily available which in turn makes the practice of digital rights management seem rather ineffective. Advocates however, such as studios, manufacturers of hardware/software, or recording artists argue that to "maintain artistic integrity" it is necessary for copyright holders to ensure continued revenue streams and to prevent unauthorized duplication of their work.
Or as opponents claim - Digital Rights Management methods are a form of anti-competitive customs.
The reality is that most, if not all of the widely used Digital Rights Management systems have been circumvented and broken when deployed to enough customers. Restricting the copying of audio and visual material is very difficult due to what is known as the "analog hole". There are suggestions that effective Digital Rights Management is logistically impossible for this reason but proponents keep trying and winning lawsuits as well.
Analog hole or as it is sometimes referred to, analog loophole describes a vulnerability in some digital works such as DVD movies that allows the digital work to be converted from digital to analog and back to digital, there is no stopping the copying that can be done after that.
Let us now discuss fair use doctrine. Fair use is the part of United States copyright law that allows a limited use of copyrighted material without the copier having to first apply for permission from the rights holders. As good old Wikipedia puts it, "fair use is commonly misunderstood because of its deliberate ambiguity." This just means that the writers of the law meant for it to be confusing and lawsuit friendly.
What does "fair use" from a consumer standpoint mean? Fair use assures that you can legally make one copy of a lawfully purchased DVD movie for personal backup.
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