Gledanje DVD-a na Linuxu ilegalno u SAD-u
Postano: 01 ožu 2013, 16:45
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This is in response to the post saying it was illegal to watch DVDs in the USA. I thought I would clarify legal DVD use with free software in the United States.
Section 1201 of the DMCA specifically outlaws the distribution of circumvention tools.
No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title
-DMCA 1201(a)(2)
It does not outlaw the use of those tools. Fair use of circumvention tools is legal according to the DMCA
Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title
-DMCA 1201(c)(1)
So, is it legal for Ubuntu to distribute libdvdcss2 in the US? No. Is it legal to watch DVDs on Ubuntu using libdvdcss2 in the US? Yes. No one inside the US can distribute that program to you, however, so you have to find it outside of the US. This is why the medibuntu repositories are hosted in a country that still allows circumvention program distrobution.
The RealNetworks v. DVD-CCA decision referenced in the previous post actually said this specifically:
while it may well be fair use for an individual consumer to store a backup copy of a personally owned DVD on that individual's computer, a federal law has nonetheless made it illegal to manufacture or traffic in a device or tool that permits a consumer to make such copies.
Final Injunction [PDF]