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It's permissible to create a copy for personal use, so long as you don't distribute the copy. Copyright is primarily about distribution of copies, not the makin
by jcranmer 4y ago
It's permissible to create a copy for personal use, so long as you don't distribute the copy. Copyright is primarily about distribution of copies, not the making of copies themselves.
- bragr 4y agoRight but that's a small fig leaf for the people who get sued over this who very much are going beyond personal use. Circling back to it's fine to make a policy argument but dumb to flout the law.
- bdowling 4y agoNo, copyright law is about the exclusive right to make copies, among other rights. In US law this is 17 USC 106. The reason making a single copy for personal use is generally considered permissible is because: (1) it may be fair use under 17 USC 107, (2) the copyright owner will probably never find out, and (3) even if the copyright owner found out it probably won’t sue over one copy.
- kodt 4y agoDidn't the DMCA make bypassing copy protections illegal?
- brokenmachine 4y agoROMs don't generally have copy protection though, do they? I guess arcade ones do.
- kodt 4y agoNo, but usually the physical media (DVD / BluRay / Cartridge) does. The issue comes in how do you legally create the Rom without bypassing copy protections.
- Mindwipe 4y agoNot in all territories it isn't. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/quashing-of-private-copying-exception https://www.gov.uk/government/news/quashing-of-private-copyi...
- 1827162 4y agoTime for some civil disobedience?