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From: ryan@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: copying rented videocassettes
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 22:15:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 22:15:00 1986
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In article <161@ides.UUCP> rkj@ides.UUCP (Rick Janka) writes:
>I have recently purchased a vcr (VHS) and have used it for playing rented
>tapes and recording a few broadcast movies.  I am aware that something
>called Copyguard exists, but I know next to nothing about it.  If I borrow
>a friend's vcr and attempt to copy a rented tape, will I get garbage?  One
>dealer I spoke with said that he has not run into problems with recording
>rented tapes, but that Copyguard typically prevents copying tapes borrowed
>from a public library.  I assume that a tape I record myself, from whatever
>source, could be copied without problems, though maybe that is incorrect.

I think i have had a run-in with Copyguard. I once tried to copy "Rambo"
which ended in despair. The sound came out ok, but there was no video.

Any idea on how it works?

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