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Transfering VHS to DVD under Fair Use

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BankruptNH	Transfering VHS to DVD under Fair Use	Lead	[-]
Posts: 11 (April 28, 2003 8:00 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None I have recently purchased a RZ-24G under the imperssion that I could back up my vast, but quickly deteriorating, VHS collection to DVD. Under the current "Fair Use" law I am allowed to make back up copies for my own use. But after reading a couple of posts on this board it seems Sony will not allow this? Is there any way to legally back up a VHS tape using the preloaded Sony software????
FACTagent	Re: Transfering VHS to DVD under Fair Use	#1	[-]
Posts: 231 (April 28, 2003 10:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Since I trust your inquiry is truly fair-use related...If you have the inclination, hard drive space and equipment (such as a DV camcorder or DV bridge), you may have some luck converting to DV and capturing via firewire.
BankruptNH	Re: Transfering VHS to DVD under Fair Use	#2	[-]
Posts: 11 (April 28, 2003 11:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I was afraid of that. My wife has quite the collection of Disney tapes that go back 10+ years. I was hoping to pack away those ugly oversized white boxes, now a lovely shade of yellow. When we paid $20.00 a piece for those tapes I definitely was not paying that much for a piece of plastic with a magnetic tape, I was paying that for the intellectual property, the movie. Looks like I will have to spend some serious time and energy (plus a lot of cabling) to subvert the macrovision copyright protection or spend another $20 a pop to buy the DVDs for intellectual property I already own! Well that is my rant for today...
nle1	Re: Transfering VHS to DVD under Fair Use	#3	[-]
Posts: 476 (April 30, 2003 12:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	... especially since they're Disney tapes over 10 years old and FINDing the DVD could be problematic ! As stated, if REALLY for "fair use," take off a few days and start reading "how to" sections at www.dvdrhelp.com . If not really for "fair use," you didn't hear it from me. I seem to remember seeing a blurb a couple of weeks or so ago about a case addressing this sort of fair use question is winding it's way up the courts. But with all the hype right now about going after downloaders and university students with their mp3 sites, that one seems to have fallen off the internet pages and I can NOT remember where I saw it. NLE

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