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Posted by Quanta on 12/06/06 22:16
"Quanta" <none@none.NET> wrote in message
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> "Rich Clark" <rdclark2@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> Modemac wrote:
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>>> This effectively means that you're accepting the line that ripping a
>>> DVD that you purchased, to play on your own iPod, is illegal.
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>> Why does it have to mean that? Maybe it means that you don't have a
>> computer, or don't want to bother ripping your own DVDs, or just think
>> it's more convenient to get the movie on your iPod *right now*, or any
>> number of things.
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>>> Evidently the Sony-Betamax decision doesn't cover copying movies to an
>>> iPod.
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>> This is not evidence of that.
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> Yes it is evidence of that. On Nov. 27 a judge ruled just that:
> Consumers have no rights other than playing on the device the media was
> licensed for. You cannot copy to iPod without paying. Simple.
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PS
It is EXPLICITLY stated that ripping a DVD by anyone other than an educator
for teaching or a library for archive purposes is ILLEGAL.
This was confirmed in the most recent ruling I mentioned.
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