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| Thread ID: 97993 | 2009-03-06 22:49:00 | Copying copyright tapes | Thomas01 (317) | PC World Chat |
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| 754176 | 2009-03-07 09:02:00 | Just to make things very clear, as you seem to post conflicting statements, asking for help with piracy is against the forum rules. It is not legal in NZ to make copies of commercial DVDs without the content owners express permission. But he doesn't want to make copies he only wants to make one copy, which I believe he is allowed to do for his personal and non commercial use. Some of the commercial tapes do have copy protection (Macrovision) on them. All Disney and Fox have macrovision on VHS. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 754177 | 2009-03-07 10:20:00 | Just to make things very clear, as you seem to post conflicting statements, asking for help with piracy is against the forum rules. It is not legal in NZ to make copies of commercial DVDs without the content owners express permission. Once apon a time Microsoft used to have in the EULA all the stuff and if you actually read it and decline then the software does not install. Microsoft also at one time said make a copy of the installation media and install off that. Microsoft recently and stamped on the CD or DVD says do not make illegal copies of this disk. This would tend to indicate you can make a legal copy under some circumstances. A couple of questions for you Jen. What makes you think that any end user licence agreements actually apply under New Zealand law? Is changing media bad? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 754178 | 2009-03-07 10:31:00 | I got a TV Card so I could record tv when the main tv was used by others. It also has a video in port which I could plug in a VCR for eg. But it was messy, ie., real time recording and quality from VCR wasn't that great. Time consuming. Yeah I would do it and then next time don't ever use VCR, if they are originals I may just leave them as VCR. I for example recorded stuff like recipes off TV, the opening and closing ceremony of the Olympics. I also converted them to DivX or xVid so even more work ... but for recipes I could fit heaps on one DVD. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 754179 | 2009-03-07 20:55:00 | But he doesn't want to make copies he only wants to make one copy, which I believe he is allowed to do for his personal and non commercial use. Is that the law in the UK? I know America allows you to make a copy for backup purposes. At this point in time, NZ does not. Sorry Thomas01 for the hijacking of your thread. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 754180 | 2009-03-07 21:01:00 | Sorry Thomas01 for the hijacking of your thread. No need to apologize Jen. I'm just chuffed when people read my contribution - even more pleased when they comment. Keep up the good work |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 754181 | 2009-03-07 21:11:00 | Play your video tape in a VCR, capture it onto your HDD using a TV/Tuner capture card, edit the file, burn onto a DVD with ImgBurn or DVD Shrink or any decent "paid for" programme. Sure it takes time, but if you get that video converted to DVD professionally, it will cost you about $80 per tape :( This sounds practical - but I have problems with it. The local store I have bought most of my computer etc gear off don't even know what a capture card is (heck neither do I). And if I get one and manage to insert it into its proper place without every electrical circuit in the house going down what do I do then? I don't know what cables I will need or what holes sockets plugs etc should be in the back of the VCR - I have looked in the instruction manuals which of course are no use at all. They don't even mention computers. The cost of $80 per tape really upset me. Anything that isn't on special and less than $20 seems to have that effect these days. Perhaps the best advice is just to ignore the situation and when I can no longer play my tapes then just forget them. By the way I have about 100 3.5inch disks. Any use to anybody? Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 754182 | 2009-03-07 21:19:00 | This sounds practical - but I have problems with it. The local store I have bought most of my computer etc gear off don't even know what a capture card is (heck neither do I). www.leadtek.com.tw |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 754183 | 2009-03-07 22:56:00 | Is that the law in the UK? I know America allows you to make a copy for backup purposes. At this point in time, NZ does not. Sorry Thomas01 for the hijacking of your thread. Just had a look at NZ copyright law and Jen is correct...So I guess for all the copyright videos you will just have to buy the DVDs. |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 754184 | 2009-03-07 22:59:00 | So I guess for all the copyright videos you will just have to buy the DVDs. Just like everybody else does, I suppose - YEAH RIGHT :lol::lol::lol: |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 754185 | 2009-03-08 00:29:00 | Something like this jaycar.co.nz might help | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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