While federal law strictly prohibits the copying of copyright-protected material for commercial use, the “fair use” clause of the law does permit you to produce copies of copyrighted material for personal use. Dubbing a copyrighted VHS tape (that you own) to a DVD that will be added to your private library is an example of “fair use.” That being said, if you run the video signal coming from a VCR through a device known as a digital video enhancer, before sending it to a DVD recorder, you should be able to dub even a copyrighted VHS tape to DVD. Tips Writer Bio
