can i make digital copys of films i already own?
Posted on Feb 25, 2010 under Digital news and reports |i have a bunch of older movies id love to put on my iphone, but don’t have the digital versions of them. since i already own them, i don’t want to buy the digital version. is there anyway i can make my own?
February 25th, 2010 at 8:12 am
you would have to buy software to convert it to your iphone, if you copy it in any way you would be in breech of copyright and breaking the law, you dont own the film, you own a cd and the right to watch the movie when ever you want but the movie itself belongs to the film company.
February 25th, 2010 at 8:12 am
This seems a grey area, but As I understand it you can make a copy of any "film" "cd" you own as a backup, but you must still have the original, so you could not copy all you media and then sell it.
If you have tapes VHS/Beta, and the like you will need to convert them into a digital format,
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=video+capture+devices&x=13&y=20
then you can use your tape player to get the videos onto your computer. its not hard but it will tke time as the data is converted in real time 90 minutes takes 90 minuts.
Did it to mine some time ago mamoth task but worth it, you will not get high quality conversions, but they will be ok.
Good luck
RR
February 25th, 2010 at 8:12 am
In many countries, copyright is also subject to fair-usage law. What this means is that if you were to purchase a DVD, the copyright will say that you are not allowed to copy it. However, fair usage law would say that it was reasonable for you to make a working backup of that DVD so that you can keep the original safe from harm. It would also say that it was reasonable to put this copy on your iphone. It would not allow you to sell the copies that you have made or to share the file in any way shape or form. It can be argued that it is reasonable to download a film that you already own the DVD to. After all, the industry are not losing any revenue because you are not likely to purchase a film that you already own. Of course, there are some that would not agree with me.
So whilst fair-usage laws do not apply in all countries, no one would know, unless you started over-stepping the boundaries.
There is a wealth of software available designed purely for what you want to do and a bit of searching on the net should provide you with a few alternatives to work through and see which one you like using.
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