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Posted by fish. on 04/20/07 02:02
In article <966g23p7ldnt9jiatb6bfe7srh0cjrqrdg@4ax.com>, Kimba W. Lion
<kimbawlion> says...
> Doug Jacobs <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote:
>
> >Take your own advice, ya? It's bloody simple to copy a DVD - even if you
> >only have one drive in your PC.
>
> You don't know the technical literacy of the general population.
>
> I was taking issue with the contention that "everyone" would be copying
> DVDs. I know nurses - plural - people responsible for the care and well
> being of other people in long term care - who can't even handle "put the
> yellow plug into the yellow jack" and can't figure out how to switch their
> TVs over to the "Line" input. I know lawyers who wouldn't dream of trying
> to copy even their own wedding DVD--if they can't get it done at some photo
> counter, it won't get done.
>
> You forget that you are far more computer literate than the average
> person--posting to Usenet proves that; ask the average person what Usenet
> is. Sony's idiotic copy protection scheme only hurts the majority of their
> own customers and has no effect at all on piracy. Simple Macrovision takes
> care of the one-button machines, and that's as far as almost everyone would
> get.
>
And I'm still wondering what hooking up a DVD player has to do with
copying a DVD.
--
"You're not going to enjoy this, and it won't be quick"
Very apt quote from "300", I didn't and it wasn't.
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