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> And, of course, the Fair Use clause of the copyright act makes it perfectly clear that you're allowed to do this as long as you aren't transmitting it to other people. Have fun. Go nuts.

Absolutely wrong. Nothing about fair use is perfectly clear. Fair use is a guide for courts to determine if the individual case fits within fair use.

The whole outrage over the DMCA is that it can prevent fair use, because fair use doesn't allow circumventing the DMCA.




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