To copy it into a format that you want (the equivalent of an ai company copying your book into their own format) you need to break css which is illegal. It’s common and everyone can do it easily but it is still illegal.
Okay, look. If we’re going to be pedantic, let’s be pedantic. Speaking solely on U.S. law, format shifting is legal provided you don’t bypass a copy-protection mechanism which lacks an exemption granted by the Library of Congress. So, ripping a dvd in a way that circumvents css- illegal. But digitizing can be accompished via other means, video stream capture for example, and remains legal even if the most popular method is not.
To copy it into a format that you want (the equivalent of an ai company copying your book into their own format) you need to break css which is illegal. It’s common and everyone can do it easily but it is still illegal.
Okay, look. If we’re going to be pedantic, let’s be pedantic. Speaking solely on U.S. law, format shifting is legal provided you don’t bypass a copy-protection mechanism which lacks an exemption granted by the Library of Congress. So, ripping a dvd in a way that circumvents css- illegal. But digitizing can be accompished via other means, video stream capture for example, and remains legal even if the most popular method is not.