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Posted by Walter Traprock on 03/02/06 23:14
Roy L. Fuchs, a spy, wrote:
> >Of course a backup is legal. When you buy the DVD, you have purchased
> >the intellectual property.
>
> Nope. You have purchased a license to USE the intellectual property
> that is imprinted on the disc. Period. You own the plastic and a
> right to watch the movie in the plastic.
Did you just say something reasonable? Did you forget to spew hatred
and call all of us consumers fucking retards for our crimes of buying
DVDs?
> >Indeed, if your copy was destroyed, it would be legal for you to make
> >a copy from a rental, friend, etc. because you still own the
> >intellectual property.
>
> Nope. It is legal to make a downconverted copy but a bit for bit
> copy is illegal.
Wrong. It's just as illegal to make a bad copy as a good copy. In
fact, pointing a camcorder at the tv screen or recording the sound off a
speaker with a portable tape recorder is just as against the law as
making a perfect copy. It's also illegal to copy shows off tv or radio.
It's also illegal to bypass region control, or buy discs from foreign
countries that aren't available here. I don't know the exact laws on
these issues, but I'm sure the MPAA/RIAA would agree with me on the
above.
> >Of course, if you sold, lost, or gave away the orginal, you no longer
> >own it.
>
> "Destroyed" IS "lost". You want a backup? Buy another disc.
Can't be done when the disc is no longer available.
What if, what if, he had an illegal copy? Do you break down and cry
every night over the possibility that there just might be people out
there enjoying illegal copies of movies?
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