[Stone Mountain]

Is it legal or is it not legal to edit one's own copy in one's own house for one's own personal use?

My understanding is that it's legal as long as that person doesn't try to distribute it. You can do what you want to your own copy of a movie, just like you can underline and strike out passages in a book you own. But you can't distribute that book or movie that you altered.

[FreedomCalls]

My understanding is that it's legal as long as that person doesn't try to distribute it. You can do what you want to your own copy of a movie, just like you can underline and strike out passages in a book you own. But you can't distribute that book or movie that you altered.

So if I mail my own copy of a DVD to these edit companies and they edit it for me (since I don't have the equipment at home) is that "distributing" it?

If I underline and strike out passages in a book I own can I sell it to a used-book store? Can they sell it to someone else? Is that "distribution"?