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EFF attorney Fred von Lohmann explains some of the legal issues involved in selling and installing products that enable users to copy DVDs.
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If it's licensed ripping software (like RealNetworks' RealDVD), then they may still argue that the installer is a "contributory infringer," because it's an infringement to make copies of movies, even for personal use (the MPAA has repeatedly argued in the DMCA triennial rule makings that there is no fair use right to make personal use copies).
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If it's licensed ripping software (like RealNetworks' RealDVD), then they may still argue that the installer is a "contributory infringer," because it's an infringement to make copies of movies, even for personal use (the MPAA has repeatedly argued in the DMCA triennial rule makings that there is no fair use right to make personal use copies).
