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Kaleidescape Triumphant in Court Case, DVD Ripping Ruled Legal

Posted by Zonk on from the only-when-you-own-it-netflixers dept.

Jim Buzbee writes "Ever wanted to rip all your DVDs to a big network server so that you could select and play them back to your TV? Up until now, manufacturers have been wary of building a device to allow this type of usage because they've been afraid a lawsuit. The DVD Copy Control Association had claimed this was contractually forbidden, but now a judge says otherwise stating, 'nothing in the agreement prevents you from making copies of DVDs. Nothing requires that a DVD be present during playback.' Kaleidescape has finally won their long-standing lawsuit, a case we first talked about early in 2005."

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  1. Plastic Disks Belong in the 1900s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Plastic Discs belong in the 1900s - content should be digital,
    CD ripping / DVD Ripping - who cares, as long as you buy 1 original disk,
    your rights to make a backup are protected under fair use.

    And can you show me how to load a DVD into my iPod?
    I didn't find a slot to side load a Disc - so Apple has to do something
    to help iTunes users get the content where they will watch it - into their iPods.

    The DVD companies should put a statement into their packaging:
    "By Purchasing this DVD - you are entitled to make 1 digital copy of said content for viewing on electronic devices
    such as iPods, ARCHOS media players, and Creative Multimedia players."

    Apple is big enough that Steve & Crew should be able to cut a deal with DVD makers
    so ripping DVDs can be supported directly in iTunes.

    DVD disks are 8-track trash, wax cylinders of yesteryear.