Unlametheweak recommends an Ars Technica piece enumeration the convoluted lengths to which the MPAA will go in order to keep anybody from ripping a DVD, ever. The systemization showed a film to the US Copyright Office, in the triennial hearing to spell out exemptions to the DMCA, giving handbook for how a teacher could use a camcorder to record a low-quality clip of a DVD for informational use — even though such a purpose is solidly established in law as fair use. "Never mind that this result results in video of questionable quality and requires teachers to learn even more tech in order to get the job done. It also requires schools (or, given the way most schools are run, the teachers themselves) to incur fresh costs to bargain camcorders and videotapes if they don't have them already. Add in the extra time involved, and this 'solution' is a laughably convoluted surrogate




synonym acquiring v1.1main entry:substitute
part of speech:noun
agent to simply ripping a clip from a DVD."

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