At 08:10 PM 5/28/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 01:46:55PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
> > An equally interesting question is whether it is illegal for a consumer to
> > copy already ripped DV material a friend may have. Since the person doing
> > the copying did not circumvent the copy protection, not perhaps their
> > friend, nor even know the original source and whether it was protected,
> > they should not be liable.
>
>Wouldn't this be an area where traditional, boring copyright law would apply?
Indeed. Which means that once protected media have been ripped those
subsequently copying it cannot be held liable for DMCA violations, which
seem much more onerous.
steve
