Circuit City DVD copying service?
updated 12:55 pm EDT, Fri August 4, 2006
Circuit City DVD Copying
While it's unclear as to whether or not the service is officially sanctioned, at least one store in the Circuit City chain is offering shoppers a service that lets them transfer the content from original DVDs to formats suitable for portable media players, such as the iPod with video, the iRiver Clix, and the PSP. The pricing scheme encourages bulk transfers, letting users pay $30 for converting 5 DVDs. The move is likely to invite legal action from the MPAA and other organizations. Though fair use rights should in theory allow video copying for backup purposes, the only way to extract the video is to violate the DMCA and work around copyright protection. Movie studios have typically preferred that customers buy separate copies for each format.
