[mythtv-users] Ripped DVD recordings have skips

[Robin Hill]

On Tue Apr 07, 2009 at 06:33:03PM +0100, andrew wordsworth wrote:
> On 07/04/2009, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, I will check it out.  What I am doing is legal as far as I
> > understand the law.  I guess there is some uncertainty if backing up a
> > legally purchased DVD is OK but my belief is that it is legal.
> >
> In the UK and most of the world it is certainly legal.  The USA  is of
> course a special case.
> 
Guess again.  In the UK it's never been legal to make a backup copy
(unless permission is explicitly granted) - there has, however, been a
long-term understanding that nobody would get prosecuted for making
copies for personal use.  And under the EUCD, even decoding a DVD under
Linux could be legally questionable.

Cheers,
    Robin
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