New DMCA Exemptions: Ripping DVDs for Online Video Now Legal

Pretty good news here from the book of common bloody sense! 🙂 Finally you can "legally" backup DVDs you own…as if anyone was truly waiting for this ruling to do so.   Merely bypassing a technological protection that restricts a user from viewing or using a work is insufficient to trigger the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. The DMCA prohibits only forms […]

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Michael Gartenberg Doesn’t Buy 3DTV

Michael Gartenberg might end up right about 3D’s viability, but his reasoning for why is all wrong when viewed in historical context.  While 3D could be LaserDisc, it could also be the next phase of HD – take a look at his points: 1) Cost – Yes you will need a new TV, but even now in the first year […]

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