Date:         Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:38:09 +0100
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At 08:08 06/08/01 -0700, Jeff Voeller wrote (in part):

>Macrovision, on the other hand, does deny users without defeaters their
>legal right to create a backup copy ....

Jeff, perhaps you can help me with this issue I've been discussing with
Karsten.  Is there actually, in the US, 'a legal right to be able to create
a backup copy' (i.e. a legal obligation on the supplier to supply a product
in a form from which you can make a backup copy) - or it is merely the case
(as I previously had thought) that the making of a backup copy (IF you are
able to make one) is legal ?

Kind Regards
John
John

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