• The Mac-Forums Community Guidelines (linked at the top of every forum) are very clear, we respect US law and court precedence when it comes to legality of activity.

    Therefore to clarify:
    • You may not discuss breaking DVD or BluRay encryption, copying, or "ripping" commercial, copy-protected DVDs.
    • This includes DVDs or BluRays you own. Even if you own the DVD or BluRay, it is still technically illegal under the DMCA to break the encryption. While some may argue otherwise, until the law is rewritten or the US Supreme Court strikes it down, we will adhere to the current intent of the law.
    • You may discuss ripping or copying unprotected movies or homemade DVDs.
    • You may discuss ripping or copying tools in the context that they are used for legal purposes as outlined in this post.

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i have read a few web pages that discuss the ripping issue and have clipped
two below for public review as an example:

Jailbreaking and ripping DVDs now legal in the US | iT.Grunts

Jailbreaking your iPhone and ripping DVDs: Both now perfectly legal | TV | Newswire | The A.V. Club

This is not new as you can see from the date - July 2010, however in light of the content that permits ripping DVDs that you own (for small clip content),

is it not about time the forum allowed discussion and advise on this very topic instead of shunning members in toto Unless there are new rules from 2010 onwards that prohibit DVD ripping entirely again...

just a thought and i would be interested to read other points of view

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<grabs some popcorn>

Taking bets on how many replies make it before it is closed.
 

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I wouldn't consider those two sites as reliable sources. The dates just support that theory.

As per the community Guidelines, we are not permitted to discuss the topic of ripping DVDs, and if/until they are changed to allow it, we still cannot discuss it.

The forum rules at Mac-Forums (linked at the top of every forum) are very clear, we respect US law and court precedence when it comes to legality of activity.

Therefore to clarify:
You may not discuss breaking DVD or BluRay encryption, copying, or "ripping" commercial, copy-protected DVDs.
This includes DVDs or BluRays you own. Even if you own the DVD or BluRay, it is still technically illegal under the DMCA to break the encryption. While some may argue otherwise, until the law is rewritten or the US Supreme Court strikes it down, we will adhere to the current intent of the law.
You may discuss ripping or copying unprotected movies or homemade DVDs.
You may discuss ripping or copying tools in the context that they are used for legal purposes as outlined in this post.
 
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