Movies | July 26, 2010 | 46 comments

Ripping DVDs and Jailbreaking now Legal in the US

source: http://itgrunts.com/2010/07/26/ripping-dvds-and-jailbreaking-now-legal-in-the-us/

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This is simply awesome! Today the US Copyright Office issued new rules that make it legal to make changes to your device and software. This means now you can jailbreak your iphone or ...

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46 comments // Ripping DVDs and Jailbreaking now Legal in the US

  • worsttech
  • Motzie
  • keithponder
  • street_smart
    • 0
      street_smart  

    • hmm, ppl were already doin it, regardless if it was illegal or not...kinda like weed..'hint hint'..a sign of things to come..?!?! (not to my personal benifit)

    • 1 year ago
  • Orion_Blastar
    • +2
      Orion_Blastar  

    • Now I can replace the buggy, bloated, and crashing all the time OS with my new BlastarOS distro I am working on. Uses Cache Kernels and virtual machines to run software from all other operating systems and the like. If it does crash has jumpback technology to take the machine state back to 3 minutes before the crash to allow you to save before it gets near whatever caused the crash.Oh yeah no DRM but DRM emulation to foll software and files that need DRM anyway and always returns true that the DRM is verified. Rips CDs and DVDs into any format you want. The Duke Nukem Forever of FOSS operating systems should be done by at least 4167 AD.

      The other OrionBlastar gave John Titor the wrong tech, not an IBM but a Commodore Amiga 1000 instead. Shoot that is what solved my problems Tripos based AmigaDOS/Workbench was part of the solution and upgraded to a PowerPC processor to run AmigaOS 3.1 and Yellow Dog Linux that used MESS and other emulators to solve the problems of the future.

      Thanks to me John Titor's nightmare predictions never became true and thus changed the time line. In fact Dec 21, 2012 will come and go with nothing happening due to my repairs to the Space/Time continuum using dimensional separators, phase inductors, and quantumbots and quantumtech to plug the holes. Well better than Dr. Who would do anything. There is more than one of everything you know.

    • 1 year ago
  • SHAWN_RITTIMAN
  • itgrunts
  • bailey78
  • dariusvons
    • +2
      dariusvons  

    • whatever... if I OWN a DVD or a device it's MINE... therefore I am allowed to do whatever I want with it including burn (with fire) microwave it... reprogram it... copy/back up (for personal use) and I'm also allowed to hack my phone, PC, GPS... whatever, BECAUSE I OWN it! we don't need new laws for this, it's already covered in property laws.

      however this doesn't mean that I get to sell the copies I make, nor does it mean that manufacturer (for phones and such) has any obligation to repair damages done in modding.

    • 1 year ago
  • itgrunts
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      itgrunts  
    • dariusvons:

      i agree u r not to sell it nor the manufacturer needs to repair the damages, the issue is the manufacturers dont give out info on how to add new stuff to u r phone.. that secrecy bothers me!

    • 1 year ago
  • dariusvons
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      dariusvons  
    • itgrunts:

      that's why so many people use open source OS's and similar.... there is nothing wrong with manufactuerers/ programers whatever trying to mantain their hold. there is nothing wrong with me smelting my own iron and cutting my own wood for a shovel rather thn buying one from another shovel maker... however shovel makers don't try to make this illegal, unlike software makers. bastards!

    • 1 year ago
  • NaranjaCabeza
  • itgrunts
  • blackheartman
  • dubstep
  • s_peak
    • 0
      s_peak  

    • It's something they can't control anyway. Although suing everyone in the united states sounds fun.. it's a losing battle. If they wanna make money, they need to be the ones SELLING the ripping software (and they will be, eventually). No brainer.

    • 1 year ago
  • bc_f
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  • Buddha2112
  • versasrev
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      versasrev  

    • Its finally time digital media was subjected to the fair use clause the same as every other type of medium... Although given the nature of the fair use clause you could have legally done all of this in the first place.

    • 1 year ago
  • Swisher
  • bc_f
  • Swisher
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      Swisher  
    • bc_f:

      The market speaking would be to NOT buy that shitty Pixar flick. Pirating videos reduces the profits of the film which causes the increase in price for the movies and DVDs. I think if you worked in the industry and created a quality product, you'd feel differently about everyone stealing it. Think about it.

    • 1 year ago
  • Saladin
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      Saladin  
    • Swisher:

      Except that it's a lie that everyone is pirating.

      Movies and video games are making more money than ever before.

      It's only music that's taken a dip, and with artists like T-Pain out there, it's no surprise why.

    • 1 year ago
  • itgrunts
    • +2
      itgrunts  

    • i think its a right for every one to do what ever with the dvds.. its like a book, u buy a book u give it up to anyone.. same thing buy a dvd do what ever.. u know eventually they will sweitch to online streaming. with secured videos so we can do so anymore..

    • 1 year ago
  • orionblastar
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      orionblastar  
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    • There was a software company in St. Charles, MO, USA that sold DVD rippers and copiers and the MPAA sued them out of business. But they sold the best DVD Ripper, Video Encoder (takes DVD movie converts it to many video formats to be used on any device) and could copy any DVD. But they are out of business now.

      CloneDVD2 and AnyDVD replaced it but are sold outside the USA, might be more popular now in the USA.

      I hope now fair use is put back into copyright law, because the DMCA got rid of it.

      Oh well, I hope this applies to mod chips and other stuff for video game consoles and other tech as well.

      BigDaddy approves, and says this is Justice. If this change in copyright law did not happen, he'd have to send in his daughter Hitgirl to negotiate with Congress to pass this sort of thing anyway.

    • 1 year ago
  • itgrunts
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      itgrunts  

    • finally the US is realizing that we are tired of people controlling us. You spend 300$ or what ever to buy an expensive phone and you are restricted to how you use it. Once you buy it, its your property but these manufacturers try to control us to make a quick buck! Dont put flash, dont run apps, you have to write apps only on a mac, so buy a mac, WHAT EVER!!!

    • 1 year ago
  • Maeveeo
  • ArchDruid
  • bailey78
  • NiceN
  • camdube
  • randallr01
  • figgdimension
  • CalgarC
  • cclark_productions
  • ColossalView
  • Sublime_Emperor
  • CalgarC
  • ColossalView
  • Kaveh_Kompani
  • Saladin
  • CalgarC
  • randallr01
    • +2
      randallr01  
    • Saladin:

      Quite true! My iPhone 1 has been jailbroken for years. I've enjoyed my own backgrounds & custom icons, etc.. I'll be getting the iPhone 4 soon though. It's time to upgrade!

    • 1 year ago
  • jubal
  • idealist
  • itgrunts
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