Dvd Back-up Laws?

[Dude2003]

Is there a site that I can look up Dvd or copyright laws? I bought a Sony 500 dru-ax. I have make copies of my my DVD for my personal use. I am a stay a home mom, and I would like to start a small (legimate) Bussiness. I am thinking....VHS to DVD (home movies and or copyrighted movies)(i will have a thread asking how to do it (joke), Making Dvd back-ups, also PS2 and x-box back ups. i want to do it the legal way if there is one. I know that i can make back-up for my own personal use.... but can i make them for other people who can't afford to spend 50.00 on a game an it gets destroyed? I really want to do this the legal way....I just need a step in the right direction to find out the law...

[UncasMS]

gut feeling tells me you better stay away from this

[Batman]

It's more trouble than it's worth. Stay away from the law....it's grey, unclear, and damn messy

[xviddivxoggmp3]

free use

Copyright is a machine to protect original copyright. Original means that you are not capable of copyrighting another's idea more than 70 years after death (e.g. Shakespeare or Mozart). This also provides copyright protection for fictional works and not factual. (e.g. Clive Barker's Hellraiser Vs. Book on World War I). It also means you can not copyright a compilation (e.g. Open Source Technologies or Television Broadcasts), but you can copyright your original work within a compilation. Limited copying is allowed as long as it is non-profit and used in research, personal use, and education as long as it does not offset the market for that product. This means you can not be the primary and only demand for this product cutting the author completely out of revenue. (e.g. Individual writer Vs Stephen King) This example also shows how they judge harsher against crimes to the smaller company due to such a loss in a greater percentage of gross revenue. Above all it is only a felony if you do it intentionally for purposes of commercial gain, or in one month by reproducing or duplication, inflict revenue loss greater than $1,000. At that point it is only a civil suit with no jail time. The consequences are that you pay fines, restitution, and the loss of your equipment used to record and duplicate with. This is what i have found in my search. this comes with no garantees and the rules are always changing.