Surprisingly, a number of filmmakers are on the same page as movie collectors when it comes to DRM: they, too, believe that ripping should be legalized. The current law is stifling their creativity and prevents them from making the movies they want to make, as only documentary films are allowed to feature snippets of footage from other productions.



According to the filmmakers, the documentary genre is vaguely defined. This leads to a lot of confusion whether or not the exemptions apply. They, therefore, suggest applying it to all filmmakers, instead of criminalizing those who don’t identify themselves as documentarians.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Filmmakers Want the Right to Break DRM and Rip Blu-rays