"DarkMatter" wrote in message ...
On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:08:35 -0800, "Rick" Gave us:

RIAA v. Diamond Multimedia, 1999:
"In fact, the Rio's operation is entirely consistent with the [Home
Recording] Act's main purpose - the facilitation of personal use.
As the Senate Report explains, "the purpose of the Act is to
ensure the right of consumers to make analog or digital recordings
of copyrighted media for their private, noncommercial use". Cf.
Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios (1984, holding
that "time-shifting" constitutes fair use under the Copyright Act,
and thus is not an infringement). Such copying is paradigmatic
noncommercial personal use entirely consistent with the
purposes of the Act."


What will happen is that you retarded ******* WILL be able to make
downconverted forms of the original, as is the case with MP3 players.
They degrade the original, and have no real sale value.

A DVD will be ruled as being illegal to copy in a bit for bit mode.

You MAY be allowed to downconvert to a VCD or VHR, but I'd bet that
ANY form of use on another DVD form factor will be ruled illicit.

I'd bet? Will be?

Thanks for playing, trollboy. Better luck next time.

Rick