Originally posted by: boris
When the copyright legislation allows consumers to make personal backups as part of fair use / fair dealing, and DRM/DMCA prevents the consumer from making that backup, then that is anti-consumer.
backing up DVD's certainly isn't [legal in Canada] - unless you have intangible legal proof?
[DMCA-style copyright legislation] is not anti-consumer, it protects the copyright holder.
When the copyright legislation allows consumers to make personal backups as part of fair use / fair dealing, and DRM/DMCA prevents the consumer from making that backup, then that is anti-consumer.
backing up DVD's certainly isn't [legal in Canada] - unless you have intangible legal proof?
I do have "intangible legal proof": Bill C-60, which was first read in Parliament in June, 2005, but has not yet been passed, contains language that might make it illegal to circumvent DRM. Ergo, it is not currently illegal to do so.