According to Digital Mass and the Associated Press, the Supreme Court of the United States has entered the fray in the legal battle over the right to make copies of DVD's. This will probably mean a once and for all final decision that can only be changed by further legislation, and the courts will probably not come out on the side of consumers. Digitalmass said this:
The Supreme Court has temporarily intervened in a fight over DVD copying, and the justices could eventually use the case to decide how easy it will be for people to post software on the Internet that helps others copy movies. More broadly, the case - against a webmaster whose site offered a program to break DVD security codes - could resolve how people can be sued for what they put online. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor granted a stay last week to a group that licenses DVD encryption software to the motion picture industry, giving the court time to collect more arguments. She requested filings by later this week. The group has spent three years trying to stop illegal copying. |
This will undoubtedly fastrack the American legal sytem into enforcing copyright laws more quickly and not help consumers achieve the right to make personal backups of DVDs. You can read the entire article here.
Source: Digitalmass
