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@edythemighty: I am corrected! Still, the RIAA and MPAA seem determined to use the courts and lobby Congress to limit fair use rights as much as possible.
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@rcadden: I don't think "fair use" is actually enshrined in a actual law passed by Congress and signed by the President. It appears to be a doctrine the courts have evolved, which would be why Big Content believes they can snuff it out (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).
And the whole mess is why I've pretty much given up on the whole thing too. I do buy music from Amazon MP3 because they provide me a way to legally buy music in the way I want (high-quality MP3s w/o copy protection). But for video, I've decided to sod it all and do whatever gets me videos I want where I want them. When someone decides to attempt to address that market, I'll be there to patronize them.
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IANAL, the boundary between "fair use" and "copy protection circumvention" appears to be a gray area in the US. I do seem to remember making backups of DVDs being ruled legal by courts as an example of fair use, but "fair use" seems to be a somewhat vague legal notion most consumers and some courts recognize and Big Content (RIAA, MPAA, now even book publishers) wants to eradicate completely.
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