What are the current laws on ripping and burning DVDs?

Question

Anyone have the actual legal terms?

Answer 1

FIRST RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP allows you to make one back-up copy of most media, provided you have the tools and inclination to do so. The back-up copy may not be sold, loaned, or rented to others. Making multiple copies and selling them is against the law. You may do anything you want with your copy as long as you make no profit from its use or sale. You may profit from the original source material (i.e. as video stores, net-flix, etc do).

Video stores are able to rent movies because they do not use self-recorded copies of movies and games. They use authorized copies for rentals. If your video store makes copies of movies and rents them to the public, call the FBI and get the reward money.

What the renter does with movie (i.e. make personal copies) is his own concern. There is not enough man-power in law enforcement to stop everybody from ripping copies of DVDs. There is enough to track down people selling bootleg copies of movies, so you are warned.

Now, here is some stuff to chew on. Burning copies denies the artists their share of the royalties. If too many people burn copies and not buy the original source material, hollywood will stop making new movies. They need the money they get from the sales to fund future projects.

Answer 2

The legal terms are at the beginning of each DVD video. Usually an FBI warning that unauthorized duplication is prohibited.

Answer 3

I don't have legal terms, but i can tell you that you are legally allowed to backup media (music, video, software, etc.) for your own use. You are not allowed to give or sell the backups, and you must destroy them if you give or sell your original away.

That being said, I like to back up stuff for blockbuster in case they lose or damage their original.

Answer 4

I think that you cant resell them, its funny though I bought a whold cd from Itunes and it was missing 2 songs, they should get fined for ripping people off too