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minus-squareLka1988@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoWhat if I decide to digitize my entire movie catalog? I would have to rip those DVDs and blurays…
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·29 days agoYeah. That’s illegal in lots of countries.
minus-squareTonyOstrich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·29 days agoBut it is legal in the country he lives in as well as the country YouTube is headquartered in.
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoIs it? I’m not totally sure, as I’m not from the US but I think the DMCA is the nasty player in this game.
minus-squareadr1an@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-228 days agoYou’re right https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/faqs.html
minus-squarecouldbealeotard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·29 days agoA lot of people don’t realise that the application of the VCR was technically copyright infringement, especially so when you lent tapes to your friends.
What if I decide to digitize my entire movie catalog? I would have to rip those DVDs and blurays…
Yeah. That’s illegal in lots of countries.
But it is legal in the country he lives in as well as the country YouTube is headquartered in.
Is it? I’m not totally sure, as I’m not from the US but I think the DMCA is the nasty player in this game.
You’re right https://www.copyright.gov/1201/2018/faqs.html
A lot of people don’t realise that the application of the VCR was technically copyright infringement, especially so when you lent tapes to your friends.