Re: What's the best way to backup to dvd?
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Michael M. wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 11:49 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Joe Hart wrote:
>>
>>> I think you hit it on the head. Because it's available. One of the
>>> quirks of living in this liberal country is that it is _not_ illegal to
>>> download films and music from the internet. Some loophole in the
>>> copyright law.
>> I always thought it was a strange dichotomy that I can't get media for free
>> off the internet, but I can go to the library and get the same thing that
>> way for free. In both cases, the producers are not compensated...
>
> Laws vary from country to country, but under U.S. copyright law, there
> are a number of exceptions carved out for public and private libraries
> -- things libraries are allowed to do that private citizens and public
> companies are not. For instance, the reason you can't rent audio CDs
> like you can rent videos & DVDs is that the recording industry decided
> it didn't want to pursue a rental business model, whereas the film
> industry decided it did. Copyright law gives the copyright holder the
> authority to make that kind of decision. But libraries are nonetheless
> permitted to do what they do with all the material they archive,
> regardless of what any industry decides should be its business model(s).
>
>
The libraries here have all sorts of media, including both games for the
computer and audio CD's. But then again the copyright rules are
different here than in the US :) That's why I can legally install
libdvdcss2 and people in the US cannot.
Not that the law stops most of the people.
Back on topic:
Backing up to DVD is a good idea, but the best backup method is to
backup to a remote server. That way, if your home/office catches fire,
your data is still intact. An external HD or a stack of DVD's are just
as likely to burn as the computer.
Joe
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