 This is contained in title 17, section 1201(k) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.However, there are a number of mostly older VCR models on the market that are not affected by Macrovision.On October 26, 2001, the sale, purchase, or manufacture of any device that has no commercial purpose other than disabling Macrovision copy protection was made illegal under section 1201(a) of the same controversial act.