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Circuit City starts new DVD rip service

This is one that I’ll have to keep an eye on. Circuit City started ripping DVD’s for people for their portable media players. $10 for one DVD and $30 for 5 DVD’s. Yes it’s incredibly easy for a lot of us to rip our own DVD’s for this purpose, but you have to remember that most people are less savvy than they are when it comes to computers. Let’s see if the MPAA go after Circuit City…

The DMCA, of course, makes this illegal. Even if fair use clearly provides users the “right” to make backup and private transformative copies of works that they have purchased, the DMCA itself makes it illegal to circumvent encrypted access controls for any reason not allowed for by the Library of Congress. If Circuit City hasn’t received a cease and desist, they will soon.

Edit: Guess the story wasn’t 100% accurate!