Copying HD DVD and Blu-ray discs may become legal

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Originally Posted by HDTV1080P

Many people will debate the fair use policy. Consumers are suppose to be allowed to make a backup copy for personal use of music or movies. The problem is many people abuse the fair use policy and instead of making copies for themselves they give copies to friends which is illegal. If the studios allow consumers to make managed copies this might be popular as long as people only use it to make backup copies for their own use..
You are allowed to make backup copies of music or movies under the fair use policy but you are not allowed to break encryption on a disc in order to make a backup copy.

I believe the current plan would lock the copy to the playback device. So, it wouldn't be portable beyond the specific targets. In other words, it transitions content from copy protection systems to a true DRM.

Gary