Posted by Quanta on 12/06/06 22:14

"Rich Clark" <rdclark2@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Modemac wrote:
>
>> This effectively means that you're accepting the line that ripping a
>> DVD that you purchased, to play on your own iPod, is illegal.
>
> Why does it have to mean that? Maybe it means that you don't have a
> computer, or don't want to bother ripping your own DVDs, or just think
> it's more convenient to get the movie on your iPod *right now*, or any
> number of things.
>
>> Evidently the Sony-Betamax decision doesn't cover copying movies to an
>> iPod.
>
> This is not evidence of that.


Yes it is evidence of that. On Nov. 27 a judge ruled just that: Consumers
have no rights other than playing on the device the media was licensed for.
You cannot copy to iPod without paying. Simple.

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