Just about everyone has a DVD player.  And chances are, you’ve invested a significant amount of money in DVDs.  But if you’re like me, you have kids that don’t always put them back in the cases.  And one little scratch can ruin any DVD.
Wouldn’t it be neat if you could back them up in case the original was damaged?  Well, my friends, that is illegal.  Or at least legally gray.  However, the Library of Congress recently relaxed the rules on DVD duplication.  While they don’t specifically say you may back up your DVDs by making a copy, they do say that students, teachers, and documentarians may circumvent DVD copy protections in order to rip content covered under fair use.
What this means is that now companies may legally sell software meant to copy DVDs as long as they put on the box the “appropriate uses” of the software.  Do you see where I’m going with this?  Watch your store shelves.  Get ready for a bunch of new DVD copying software.

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