Re: Personal backup of copy-protected DVDs
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:38:59 -0500
"Damon L. Chesser" <damon@damtek.com> wrote:
> AFAIK (<<--see the disclaimer?) in the USA, you are allowed to make
> personal copies of media you own for your own use (not to install on
> multiple machines). This has been upheld time and time again in the
> courts. You can make all the copies of that other OS you want. This is
> not illegal. You may not install that OS on more then one machine at a
> time. And if you sell/give it away (also legal despite EULA saying the
> opposite) you may never use the existing copies you made, nor may you
> give those copies to another. This is called "Fair Use". Please
> correct me if I am wrong.
>
> Many licenses you "agree" to tell you you can not do these things
> (notably, Windows used to state you could not sell the copy you had, if
> you dumped your box, you could not include the OS) however, the courts
> have ruled this is right and fair for a user to do. Now, if you want to
I was not aware that the courts have invalidated those portions of
EULAs. Can you provide a source or link?
> Damon L. Chesser
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