Dual Screen Portable DVD Player

Is it legal to DVR TV shows, then record them to a DVD for my kid to view on her portable DVD player?

I'm going to do it regardless; just wondering if, technically, it's legal.

Public Comments

1. Probably...but who cares? We all do it.
2. IF you are going to do it regardless then what difference does it make?
3. Technically it isn't. In fact, the Supreme Court has had to rule on this issue. Legally, the copyright exception allows you to 'time shift' a show using a DVR, but not to make a further copy of that same show. If your DVR was cable of burning the show directly to a DVD, you'd be in even murkier territory, since that would be a single copy of the show, but it could be played on other devices. In any case, I doubt the TV companies will come after you. You should not allow your daughter to give the DVD to anyone else; that would be a clear copyright violation. She should also not upload any part of that file to a website, including YouTube.
4. No money changing hands, no quantities, your personal use of a broadcast..... No one will care.
5. naw why shoud it be it just for your kid to view, and if it is "oh well" they should have never made the stuff to burn in the first place!!!!
6. Technically you can do it for your "OWN USE" but when you start to reproduce to sell is when you cross the line.
7. I agree with JayJay on this. We all do these things for our personal uses, and as long as you don't intend to sell them to make a profit or somehow else exploit them (say, at a large function, without permission), you have nothing to worry about - it's not illegal.
8. sure why not every one does it ,