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Breaking DRM to rip physical media isn't legal in basically any mainstream country in the world (since membership of the WTO requires you to pass an anti-circum
by Mindwipe 3y ago
Breaking DRM to rip physical media isn't legal in basically any mainstream country in the world (since membership of the WTO requires you to pass an anti-circumvention law).
Heck, in major nations (like the UK) ripping unencrypted media isn't legal.
- ncallaway 3y agoMy understanding is that the librarian of Congress has granted an exemption to the DMCA anti-circumvention clause to allow ripping DVDs for non-infringing fair use purposes, including personal backups. I am not a lawyer, though.
- Mindwipe 3y agoThey have not. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-28/pdf/2021-23311.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-28/pdf/2021-2... There were campaigners asking for one but it wasn't given.