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[Terje A. Bergesen] “Along comes the DMCA, which adds another interesting twist to the discussion. The DMCA states that circumventing copy protection, which is required to copy a DVD, is illegal. OK, so now we have two conflicting areas of law, the DMCA that says I can not copy a DVD, and the Betamax case which in essence says that I can copy it for my own use.”
No offense, Terje, but what you are referring to here is the fact that laws evolve. Oftentimes — especially when 530 mostly out of work lawyers in Washington DC get involved — earlier less restrictive laws give way to stricter more restrictive laws. Lawyers may call it refinement, but others would argue otherwise. The point remains that these new laws replace and redefine how that particular area of law is now viewed. It is a process of statute and precedent. New statutes redefine and legally refine earlier precedents.
Case in point for illustration? In the American Old West people used laudanum (a tincture of opium) and it was legal. But I wouldn’t want to be standing in court as an opium user (which I am emphatically not) arguing a case before a judge that today’s laws were not valid because according to earlier laws, it was legal.
I am willing to put some money in escrow and bet that in 10 years the DMCA will still be with us and will still be law. Are you? If you aren’t, you get my point as to why ripping DVDs is not a good use of your time…
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[theFiddler] “The legality of it all still up for debate. As long as one keeps it for personal use, breaking the copy protection isn’t necessarily illegal in and of itself.”
This is simply and patently incorrect.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act expressly makes a crime any ripping of a DVD or other medium that falls under its protections. (This is a USA law and does not apply to other countries in which people here may be reading this.)
It does not exempt nor does it protect the rights of the end user who bought it. In fact, it expressly forbids backing it up in any means whatsoever. Period. There are no exceptions granted.
There is also no debate. The law was passed. It is not a “transitional” law somehow being phased in in some increasingly more enforceable manner that grows with time. No, it is the law, plain and simple.
Debate it if you like but it would be akin to debating the ethics of robbing a bank. The ethics wouldn’t matter in a court of law and a judge won’t care one bit if you don’t like the law or not. They are not there to legislate, that job has already been done. They are there to enforce the laws as written.
There’s no debate but you can think so to your own demise.
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It is almost always free for nearly everyone who attends the expo. I have never met anyone who actually paid the stated $100 or so to buy their way onto the expo floor. As the days get nearer, there will be many manufacturers and exhibitors who will tout their code that you enter so that you can get in for free.
Keep your eyes and ears open, as there will be many doing this starting in usually mid-to-late January and getting more vocal as the days draw near.
What you really need to worry about is getting a room, the ticket in will nearly take care of itself.
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When Aharon’s article was submitted to the magazine and printed, the information was correct.
Shortly after the magazine came out, YouTube changed their policies and the information that Darby gave you the link to, is now the correct way.
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You might care to visit the After Effects podcast page by clicking on the podcasts link in the orange bar above. There are about 80 great video examples of things to do and things to inspire you.
Aharon is an inspiring guy, especially after he’s run a few blocks in New York City.
Sorry for the bad pun…
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The scene taken from “From Here To Eternity” is always such a classic, even when used in this context.
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[Kurt] “DOES anyone from Adobe ever pay attention to these forums???”
Let’s put it this way: MANY of the people who Adobe listens to quite a lot are both leaders and members of this forum. I could tell you more but then I’d have to kill you.
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