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Posted by Derek Janssen on 12/07/06 19:53
Rich Clark wrote:
> Quanta wrote:
>
>>"Rich Clark" <rdclark2@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:1165421303.164846.303220@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Evidently the Sony-Betamax decision doesn't cover copying movies to an
>>>>iPod.
>>>
>>>This is not evidence of that.
>>
>>
>>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.
>
>
> That people charge you to paint your house is not evidence that it is
> illegal for you to paint your own house. It may be illegal, or it may
> not be illegal, but the existence of painters doesn't prove anything.
> That Walmart is charging for an iPod-loading service is not evidence
> that ripping is illegal. Ripping may be illegal, but WalMart's service
> isn't evidence that it is.
A house, however, has a piece of paper, called a Deed, that says it's
Yours, until you sell it. You can fix it, rebuild it, or paint it lil'
pink for you and me.
A DVD, similarly, also comes with a statement, on the front of it while
you're waiting for the darn menu to load--That one says it ISN'T yours,
it technically belongs to the studio, but they were gracious enough to
loan one copy to watch in your own home, or else Interpol is going to
send Detective Zenigata after you.
....It's nice when these issues are spelled out. :)
Personally, I have my suspicions about whether Wal-mart has been doing
any housepainting of their own, seeing as if they had licensed from the
studio, the studios would be charging a heck of a lot MORE rent than
$1.97 (qv. Amazon's Unbox).
And Wal-mart does have a history of getting a little too psychologicaly
caught up in their own DVD-sales saturation.
Derek Janssen
ejanss
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