Q. Do the DMCA exceptions make it legal to copy entire DVDs?

No. After a 2010 Chronicle post (https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/information-on-the-new-dmca-exemptions) about the Library of Congress’s statement of new exemptions to the anti-circumvention provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act we received this question numerous times.

Allowed:

• Circumventing a DVD's content scrambling system (CSS)
• Copying (aka "ripping") small portions or excerpts from the DVD

Not Allowed:

• Copying (aka "ripping") the entire DVD

Please see "Digital Copyright Exemptions Benefit Educators, Filmmakers and Smartphone Owners" by George A. Pike, for a good explanation of this recent development. 

Questions about copyright?  Our Copyright Libguide may be of interest.