Posted by FrozenNorth on 12/07/06 21:15

Rich Clark tossed the following at the wall, and it stuck:

>
> Derek Janssen wrote:
>
> [stuff]
>
> All you people are proving is that you can't read for content.
>
> I never said anything about whether ripping DVDs is legal or not.
>
> I only said that Walmart's service is not evidence of ripping being
> illegal, or of anything but their desire to make a profit offering a
> service.
>
> One might make a case that it's evidence that DVD ripping is difficult
> and complicated enough that people who shop at Walmart will pay to have
> somebody else do it. The legality of it is not even an issue in this
> context. There's nothing implicit or explicit in the offer that says
> "it's illegal for you to do it yourself, so let us do it for you." The
> offer is simply "Let us do it for you."
>
The OP posted $2 per disc, I know that there is no way that I could rip and
then burn a DVD fast enough at $2 per that I could make any money using a
normal computer with a good burner, or rip and upload to an iPod.

Obviously they must have invested in some more specialized equipment so that
this is feasible to do at this cost, and turn a profit, even if the
operator is only paid minimum Wally World wages.

It would need to be done in less than 5 minutes to have a hope of being
profitable.

--
Q: How many journalists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Three. One to report it as an inspired government program to bring
light to the people, one to report it as a diabolical government plot to
deprive the poor of darkness, and one to win a Pulitzer prize for reporting
that Electric Company hired a light bulb-assassin to break the bulb in the
first place.

Froz...

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