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Posted by Walter R. on 01/01/06 17:46
Your argument is compelling. However, you are confusing *stealing* with
*frugality*.
I would never dream of buying a $ 20 DVD to see a crummy old movie. By
copying an existing copy, I am not stealing: I am not depriving anyone of
anything, which would be the essence of stealing. By copying a CD, instead
of buying one which I would never do, I merely enhance my own standard of
living without depriving any poor starving artist of anything. Just because
something is against a stupid law, it is not immoral, as stealing would be.
No, I don't want the nice bookshelf with brand new DVDs, as suggested by
you. I just want the ethereal content of old DVDs.
Ha!
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Walter
www.rationality.net
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> "Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message
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>>I invested all of 40 bucks in a DVD recorder. I hoped I would be able to
>>copy all kinds of good, old movies from netflix and the local public
>>libraries. Alas. this dream of a great movie library was not fulfilled.
>>
>> Practically all DVDs that I borrowed from the library, especially the
>> popular ones that I was interest in, were scratched and the movies barely
>> stumbled along. The disks from netflix also jerked quite a bit and made
>> for a less than exhilarating movie experience.
>>
>> I tried two different DVD players but the results were equally
>> disappointing. The old VHS tapes worked much better.
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>> Was my experience unique, or do other folks have the same problems? Short
>> of buying brand new movie DVDs, how can I get my hands on clean DVD
>> disks?
>>
>> Happy New Year
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>> --
>> Walter
>> www.rationality.net
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> Unique.
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> But with DVDs in the $20 range why not just buy good, clean, brand new
> copies and start a proper library of your own? I mean, if you're renting
> and hoping to steal a copy for yourself so you can presumably watch a
> movie over and over again, it really is much better to get a new one you
> can display prominently on a shelf in your living room....they make great
> conversation starters too, so there's another reason to buy instead of
> steal !!!
>
> If you copy then you have no case with nice poster art or liner
> notes....who wants that?
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