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Posted by ------------ on 04/10/07 19:55
Congratulations Hollywood movie and dvd companies, you finally did it.
I will never ever ever buy any Hollywood produced show or Hollywood
produced dvd ever ever again.
Yes, I read the posts in the dvd newsgroups by the pro-Hollywood
shills saying that it's against the law in the U.S. to not buy
Hollywood dvds when they come out and do without them instead of
buying them when they come out.
No it isn't. Lots of people can't afford to buy every single dvd that
comes out and doing without them (not buying them) is NOT against the
law in the U.S.
Maybe in some communist countries, it might be, but not in the U.S.
Although I'm sure the MPAA probably wants it to be against the law to
not buy dvd's when they're put out for sale. (making everyone who goes
without any dvd's at all simply because they can't afford them, a
criminal).
I bought a tv set from WQal-Mart. It was defective. It didn't play
correctly on any of our several dvd players. It kept freezing in
certain spots. So I exchanged it for another copy of the same title.
This one did the exact same thing in the exact same spots, m eaning
it's a manufacturing defec in all of the copies of the same title.
The Wal-Mart I bought it from refused to exchange the defective discs
for a different properly working title.
And came up with a bunch of phony excuses.(the same excuses the movie
companies use) And slandered or libeled me(one of the two. I forget
which since I get those two mixed up sometimes) in the process and
then freaudently claimed that they didn't.
I did NOT make any copies of the dvd's, yet they claimed it was a
copyright violation for me to return them and a copyright violation
for them to exchange the defective title for a properly working title.
I told them no copies were made by me.
They told me that under Federal law, it's still a copyright violation
even though no copies were made.
I want to know how it's a copyright violation when no copies were
made?
I happen to know that it is NOT a copyright violation when there
weren't any copies made. And I'm no longer going to support an
industry that claims not making any copies is still a copyright
violation.
I'm no longer going to support an industry that tries and makes it
against the law to return defective merchandise that is defective from
the manufacturer.
They told me it was against Federal law for them to exchange it.
I said it wasn't because if it was, then used book stores wouldn't be
allowed to legally buy them, yet they are, and I wouldn't be able to
legally sell used dvds to used bookstores, but I can.
Then they countered with selling used books and used dvds to used
bookstores is legal because you're not getting as much money for them
as when they're brand new and that it's against the law to sell your
used books and used dvd's for more than the original price they sold
for.
No it isn't. If that were true, then the first issue of Action Comics
would not be able to be sold for more than ten cents, yet it's legally
selling for over a million dollars.
Therefore, it was more phony excuses.
Unfortunately, I didn't remember the part about used books and
magazines sewlling for more than their cover price until after the
clerk left. I would have liked to seen the clerk's face and hear the
excuse the clerk would have tried to come up with after telling the
clerk that (which I didn't, since the clerk left before I remembered
that).
However, since Wal-Mart was so insistent that it's against Federal
trade rules for them to refund defective merchandise that they sold
their customers, I think I'm going to write the Federal Trade
Commission and ask the FTC why they made such a law when they're
supposed to be doing the opposite of that law they made.
I suspect that the FTC did not make any such law.
I suspect that Wal-Mart is using the theory that they don't have to
follow federal law just because they and the movie/dvd companies made
a contract agreement prohibiting them to, and then when it suits them,
claiming it's against federal law for them to break that contract.
I don't believe that such a contract is legal.
That's like the videogame software sold in the U.S. forcing U.S. users
to agree that in case of any disputes, only Chinese courts have
jurisdiction and any U.S. courts don't have jurisdiction at all.
I don't believe such a contract is legal in the U.S.
If it was, then it would have been legal under U.S. law for traitors
to attack the U.S. during world war 2 just because the traitors and
Nazi Germany agreed with each other to do so and agreed that U.S.
courts don't have any so in te mattert.
IF that kind of contract is legal under U.S. law, then it sets a very
dangerous precedent in U.S. law, since that type of law is against
everything the U.S. is supposed to stand for.
If that kind of contract is legal, then it would be legal for me and
my neighbor to make a contract agreement with each other that we can
steal things from you and don't have to give them back, and make the
contract say that U.S. courts don't have any jurisdiction to prevent
us from doing so.
Then if you try to get your stolen things back from us, we can claim
that it's against federal law for us to give you them back because
doing so would violate the contract agreement me and my neighbor made,
and then claim it's a violation of U.S. federal law to break that
contract,.
And that's why I think that such a contract is not legal in the U.S.
If it is legal, then it sets a very dangerous precedent in U.S. law,
and I'm no longer going to support any company that promotes it,
This was the last straw.
I'm never ever ever buying another Hollywood/MPAA produced dvd ever
ever again.
I'm now sticking to either public domain dvds (which I've never had
quality control trouble with yet, unlike frequent quality control
problems with MPAA discs)
or better yet, buying only legal region 0 non-MPAA produced dvds.
Yes, I read the posts in the newsgroups saying that in the U.S., it's
against the law to buy non-pirated legal region 0 dvds since most
region 0 dvd's are pirated.
NO, it isn't. In the U.S., it's perfectly legal to buy the legal
region 0 dvd's. (not the pirates)
Although I'm sure the MPAA companies probably want it to be against
the law to buy legal region 0 dvds not made by the MPAA.
Well too bad. This is the U.S., a government of the people, by the
people, and for the people.
I don't like being slandered or libeled, whichever of the two it is,
and I resent being accused of copying the dvd's when I did NOT make
any copies of it at all.
They also claimed that it was a copyright violation of the dvd if I
had downloaded the same show from a different source.
Well, if I wanted to download it (which I didn't), I wouldn't have
even bothered with buying the discs from the store and going through
all that hassle and paying money then going through all that extra
hassle just trying to get my money back for a defective dvd set that
is defective on every copy of it manufactured that I tried so far.
If I wanted to upload it,(which I also don't do) I could have just
borrowed it from the library for free without going through all the
hassle of driving out to Wal-Mart, spending money on it to get it,
driving back home, finding out it's dfefective, driving all the way
back to Wal Mart again, getting another set, driving all the way back
home, finding out it's defective also, driving all the way back to Wal
Mart a third and fourth time, going through all that hassle and them
refusing to return it.
Instead I bought it legally, and then get treated like a criminal for
trying to legally return defective merchandise they sold me or trying
to legally exchange defective merchandise they sold me.
Congratulations. Hollywood movie/dvd companies. You finally lost a
customer due to your policies.
I will never ever ever buy anything from any of the major movie
studios ever ever again. I'll do without first. I'll never ever ever
shop at Wal-Mart ever ever again. I'll never ever ever shop at any
store anywhere that is selling firsthand MPAA dvds,
because as far as I'm concerned, you're stealing from me, and I'm sure
that in my state, it's against the law to support thieves.
If it's not against the law in my state, then it should be.
I think I'm now even going to get rid of all of my store-bought dvd's
and store-bought videotapes as I no longer even want anything that
reminds me of or has to do with the MPAA or Hollywood movie companies.
I'll even start watching only non-MPAA, non-Hollywood programs on tv,
when possible.
I was a huge buyer of the Hollywood dvd's, but no longer, so
congratulations, you just lost one of your major buyers.
And since I was a major buyer who is no longer buying, I'm sure you
will now see a huge slump in your sales.
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