Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Well, that would still be illegal since you're not supposed to make copies of borrowed media.
That sucks. Did the judge ever consider that some people might not own a VCR?
True, but no one made a fuss about it then. I wonder how much illegal sharing actually increased.
It was a strict interpretation of the law as I recall. Since you could make a backup it fulfilled the personal use provision of the law. I don't know if it went anywhere, but the DMCA is completely messed up in a lot of ways. Between their lobbying for laws bordering on absurdity, the ridiculous lawsuits, and their near obsolescence while still taking money from artists I don't feel a whole lot of pity for the RIAA regarding file sharing.