Posted by Alain Menard on 12/22/04 11:25

"JayCee" <jc3490@nospamhere.com> wrote in message
news:JT1Re.4247$9i4.1104@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> Al Klein wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:36:58 GMT, "Alex Grossberg"
>> <agrossberg1@sc.rr.com> said in alt.video.dvd:
>>
>>
>>>Currently I'm bidding on ebay on a cheap used player. However, my
>>>research
>>>about rentals shows that there is only one outfit that would allow me to
>>>rent 8 flicks each time ( approximately 30+ flicks a month allowing for
>>>turn-around time) for about 20 bucks a month----Gameznflix.com. Has
>>>anyone
>>>heard about this outfit?
>>
>>
>> I have 3 day turn-around with Blockbuster. Send them 3 DVDs on
>> Monday, I fet 3 back on Thursday. (I can't watch them that fast - I
>> have a life - but it takes 3 days from the time I send them back till
>> I get the new ones. Rip the new ones, send them back the next day,
>> etc., etc.)
>
> Are you aware that when you "rip the new [DVDs]" what you are doing is
> illegal? When you make a DVD "rip" of a copyrighted DVD, you are violating
> Title 17, United States Code, Sections 501 and 506. This is criminal
> copyright infringement under federal law! And there are criminal and civil
> penalties for this, and it under the jurisdiction of the FBI. So I think
> you need to discontinue this. With Netflix you can keep a movie out for as
> long as you want, so there's no excuse for saying you "don't have the
> time" to watch them. And even if that's true, it doesn't justify making an
> illegal copy. This isn't like using your VCR to record a program so you
> can watch it later, this is stealing, and you need to think long and hard
> before you do it again.

This is not true in every country...

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