| Registered: May 8, 2007 |  Posts: 823 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Ace_of_Sevens: Quote:
Quoting Grendell:
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No. You have a right to backup your purchase, and you have a right to watch it. Watching a DVD or Blu-Ray that is locked to another region is not a crime.
Actually, no. It's illegal to break copyright protection,, even if the copying itself would be legal. At least, this is the law in the US. Not sure about the UK. This isn't enforced though. Some laws say it's legal, others (like DMCA) say it's illegal, arguments can go either way, this is what "legally grey" means. If you are overly concerned about following laws and such, you will need to delete all of your DVD Profiler cover scans because legally each and every one of them is a copyright violation. | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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| Registered: December 10, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,004 |
| | Posted: | | | | Yeah. It annoys me that DVD Profiler ignores real copyright laws (by necessity and the copyright holder doesn't care anyway), but enforces pretend ones. You cannot copyright a reproduction of something. DVD Empire has no claim to the scans hosted on their website for instance. They don't own the copyright of the scans they made. Their watermark has no legal validity. The only copyright present is the one for the cover art itself, which belongs to the publisher, not the etailer. It's no different than a scan you made yourself, so far as the law is concerned. |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Posts: 823 |
| | Posted: | | | | Legally grey. Valid arguments can be made both ways. If one is overly sensitive about following the law to the letter and doesn't want to take any chances, they should delete all of their cover scans. | | | | 99.9% of all cat plans consist only of "Step 1." |
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