My line mentioning of "crossing the line" wasn't in reference of pirating music/movies/software, or pirating of any kind, for that matter.
Using deCSS is against the law in the U.S. (not sure about Canada). As far as I know, you can't back up a DVD movie (that you purchased) that uses CSS protection to another DVD -- without the use of external applications
Also, I've never tried, but I am not sure if downloading a DVD works on your HD either.
In either case... regardless of your legal rights as a consumer, you may create a copy of whatever piece of material you own (as far as the whole music/movie thing goes, again, AFAIK), but the SNAFU is the whole deCSS thing.
The whole idea that (as far as the law says)
It's okay to make a DVD copy for own personal use, but don't you dare use an illegal piece of software to do it!
EDIT: Okay, scratch that. I just did a little digging around and it appears to be perfectly legal to use security circumventing software in Canada... as far as DeCSS is concerned. So... everything I said before only would really apply to the U.S. -- or whatever other countries that have that particular law in effect. Far be it for me to actually
research the topic a little before I contribute.
Carry on.