Posted by Technobarbarian on 10/03/06 12:50

"Loco Jones" <locojonesnet@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> "Technobarbarian" <Technobarbarian-ztopzpam@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote...
> < s n i p >
>> > While the guy is pretty ignorant, he is right in that the media
>> > companies are trying to take away our rights.
>>
>> What "rights" are they trying to take away from you?
>> TB
>
> Hmmm... let's see... the "media companies" are trying to over-turn, or at
> least re-write, the Home Taping Act (ref: betamax decision)... they have
> gone on record as being firmly opposed to the "first sale doctrine" (where
> you can sell your purchased media on the secondary market)... and now,
> with
> the plethora of DRM-crippled "product" being offered, they are trying to
> restrict the right to listen/view at the consumer's convenience.
>
> Sure, "consumer rights" have always been tenuous at best, but at least
> people were allowed to enjoy their purchases as they saw fit... they could
> share with friends without fear of reprisal, they could make back-up
> copies
> of expensive media to take to the cottage, on a car trip, or any other
> instance where the valuable original might be lost, or they could re-sell
> those pricey "impulse purchases" if they so desired... but those days are
> numbered - IF the Copyright Cartel gets their way.
>
> People buy things so they can say "I own that (and I have the right to do
> with it what I wish)" - but in the future, I suspect that will be changed
> to "I rented that", or "I paid for a license for that once, but it
> expired." Not someplace I want to find myself - ever. Do yourself a favour
> and subscribe to the EFF newsletter - Global Corporatification is
> something
> to be feared.

Gee, and I thought people bought things to use them. The claimed "right"
to do whatever you wish with intellectual property has not exixted since the
first copyright laws. If you had that "right" you could make and sell as
many copies as you wished.

TB

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