Law Penalizing Downloaders, Criminalizing Ripping Passes in Japan

[EzikialRage]

This might mean less new fan subs and idol vids.


http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...asses-in-japan

[Joelle]

Would like to know Vit's thoughts on all of this - as I knew nothing about the-act-of-ripping actually BYPASSING patent/copyright protection -

Also curious on what CSS is, means, etc. - that's also a brand new term...

[EzikialRage]

Originally Posted by Joelle

as I knew nothing about the-act-of-ripping actually BYPASSING patent/copyright protection -

In many countries its illegal to bypass the anti-copying protection that's on a DVD or bluray.I know in the US its legal for someone to make themselves a back up copy of a game,dvd,CD,Bluray or what ever else assuming there is no anti-copying protection on that game,dvd,Bluray or what ever other media.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Decrypter#cite_note-4
In the "321" case, Federal District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California,[5] ruled that the backup copies made with software such as DVD Decrypter are legal but that distribution of the software used to make them is illegal.

http://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/technology/articles/2009/09/30/is-it-legal-to-copy-a-dvd

So it's illegal to copy a DVD? Interestingly, no. Judges have said that consumers have a right to copy a DVD for their own use—say, for backing it up to another disk or perhaps watching it on another device, such as an iPod. That's the same "fair use" rule that made it legal to tape television shows for watching later, perhaps on a different TV. The problem is that consumers can't duplicate DVDs without software tools that get around the copy protection on those disks. It is those tools that Congress outlawed.

Is it still legal to copy a CD? The same fair use doctrine allows consumers to copy their music disks to computers and other devices. Because CDs don't have anything to protect them from being copied, it's also legal to distribute software for "ripping" them to a PC's hard drive. The ripping software doesn't have to circumvent any anticopy protections.

Also curious on what CSS is, means, etc. - that's also a brand new term...

CSS is not a brand new term it stands for Content Scramble System.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System
Content Scramble System (CSS) is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) and encryption system employed on almost all commercially produced DVD-Video discs. CSS utilizes a proprietary 40-bit stream cipher algorithm. The system was introduced around 1996 and was first compromised in 1999.

The purpose of CSS is twofold:

CSS prevents byte-for-byte copies of an MPEG (digital video) stream from being playable since such copies do not include the keys that are hidden on the lead-in area of the restricted DVD.
CSS provides a reason for manufacturers to make their devices compliant with an industry-controlled standard, since CSS scrambled discs cannot in principle be played on noncompliant devices; anyone wishing to build compliant devices must obtain a license, which contains the requirement that the rest of the DRM system (region codes, Macrovision, and user operation prohibition) be implemented.[1]

While most CSS-decrypting software is used to play DVD videos, other pieces of software (such as DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, DVD43, Smartripper, and DVD Shrink) can copy a DVD to a hard drive and remove Macrovision, CSS encryption, region codes, and User operation prohibition.

CSS has been superseded by newer DRM schemes such as Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM), or by Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) DRM scheme used by HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, which have 56-bit and 128-bit key sizes, respectively, providing a much higher level of security than the 40-bit key size of CSS.

[chrisfallout]

Originally Posted by EzikialRage

In many countries its illegal to bypass the anti-copying protection that's on a DVD or bluray.I know in the US its legal for someone to make themselves a back up copy of a game,dvd,CD,Bluray or what ever else assuming there is no anti-copying protection on that game,dvd,Bluray or what ever other media.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Decrypter#cite_note-4
In the "321" case, Federal District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California,[5] ruled that the backup copies made with software such as DVD Decrypter are legal but that distribution of the software used to make them is illegal.

http://money.usnews.com/money/business-economy/technology/articles/2009/09/30/is-it-legal-to-copy-a-dvd

So it's illegal to copy a DVD? Interestingly, no. Judges have said that consumers have a right to copy a DVD for their own use—say, for backing it up to another disk or perhaps watching it on another device, such as an iPod. That's the same "fair use" rule that made it legal to tape television shows for watching later, perhaps on a different TV. The problem is that consumers can't duplicate DVDs without software tools that get around the copy protection on those disks. It is those tools that Congress outlawed.

Is it still legal to copy a CD? The same fair use doctrine allows consumers to copy their music disks to computers and other devices. Because CDs don't have anything to protect them from being copied, it's also legal to distribute software for "ripping" them to a PC's hard drive. The ripping software doesn't have to circumvent any anticopy protections.





CSS is not a brand new term it stands for Content Scramble System.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System
Content Scramble System (CSS) is a Digital Rights Management (DRM) and encryption system employed on almost all commercially produced DVD-Video discs. CSS utilizes a proprietary 40-bit stream cipher algorithm. The system was introduced around 1996 and was first compromised in 1999.

The purpose of CSS is twofold:

CSS prevents byte-for-byte copies of an MPEG (digital video) stream from being playable since such copies do not include the keys that are hidden on the lead-in area of the restricted DVD.
CSS provides a reason for manufacturers to make their devices compliant with an industry-controlled standard, since CSS scrambled discs cannot in principle be played on noncompliant devices; anyone wishing to build compliant devices must obtain a license, which contains the requirement that the rest of the DRM system (region codes, Macrovision, and user operation prohibition) be implemented.[1]

While most CSS-decrypting software is used to play DVD videos, other pieces of software (such as DVD Decrypter, AnyDVD, DVD43, Smartripper, and DVD Shrink) can copy a DVD to a hard drive and remove Macrovision, CSS encryption, region codes, and User operation prohibition.

CSS has been superseded by newer DRM schemes such as Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM), or by Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) DRM scheme used by HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, which have 56-bit and 128-bit key sizes, respectively, providing a much higher level of security than the 40-bit key size of CSS.

in the untied states. the law says you can make backup copy on anything but you can only make one back copy. lets say your computer get fired. lets you put all the music on computer to make back up copy. well if computer goes down you lose all your back up copy's since they where tied to that computer. it also means you not allowed to remove hard drive or external or any other device to new computer laws say's it stays on that computer. here catch gov does not have resource to go after every one so they just have that rule. it also apply to make back up cd once. so you can not make as many back cd as you want since only get one. us does not have resources go after every one. there was news going around they might go after red box and some other company that let get movies in mail or in vending machine since some have copy in the machine instead of real movie. since cost to buy and supply all machine are to much and would not make money since cost to rent movie like 2 to 3 dollars movie and with red box machine out there they would not make money of movies

[prophetomega]

I dont wanna think about it

[tylersailer]

I would say we have to look at how it will go from here. It passed the Lower House but it does not automatically mean that the law has been implemented, yet.

And there are too much assumption, misunderstanding, and shortcutting of this law making act on Internet. It's like people are talking about something they don't even know what it actually is. No definition no nothing.

I hope even in the worst scenario AO friends can survive somehow...

[Death Metal]

Originally Posted by tylersailer

And there are too much assumption, misunderstanding, and shortcutting of this law making act on Internet. It's like people are talking about something they don't even know what it actually is. No definition no nothing.

Well, not trying to be pessimistic or anything, but actually it looks pretty clear to me. The law has already undergone all needed approvals and will start being enforced from October 1, says the article. The article also says that the new law prohibits, in Japan, the circumvention of copy protection schemes present on media such as DVDs, for example, which may definitely have an impact in the supply of ripped content coming straight from japanese PCs, thus affecting mostly the distribution of "uncensored" content that you can typically only find in DVDs and BDs. Cloudy times ahead. :/

[MXS-]

What does this mean for Akiba online? Are we still gonna have a site? Honestly, its good and its bad, thats just the way life goes, but so many restrictions and policies and they just keep piling up. I miss the good ole days.