Posted by Richard C. on 01/03/06 15:20

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"Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message
news:FzUtf.9978$hI1.6833@tornado.socal.rr.com...
> Your argument is compelling. However, you are confusing *stealing* with
> *frugality*.

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Copying movies that you do not own IS *stealing*.
You are confusing ethics with rationalizing.
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>
> I would never dream of buying a $ 20 DVD to see a crummy old movie. By
> copying an existing copy, I am not stealing: I am not depriving anyone of
> anything, which would be the essence of stealing. By copying a CD, instead
> of buying one which I would never do, I merely enhance my own standard of
> living without depriving any poor starving artist of anything. Just
> because something is against a stupid law, it is not immoral, as stealing
> would be.
>
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It is THEFT! You are STEALING!
Your rationalizations do not alter reality.
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> No, I don't want the nice bookshelf with brand new DVDs, as suggested by
> you. I just want the ethereal content of old DVDs.
>
> Ha!
>
> --
> Walter
> www.rationality.net
> -
> "RobMac" <rpmccartney@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136134115_577@spool6-east.superfeed.net...
>>
>> "Walter R." <wer25@example.com> wrote in message
>> news:dvTtf.8690$ka.121@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>>>I invested all of 40 bucks in a DVD recorder. I hoped I would be able to
>>>copy all kinds of good, old movies from netflix and the local public
>>>libraries. Alas. this dream of a great movie library was not fulfilled.
>>>
>>> Practically all DVDs that I borrowed from the library, especially the
>>> popular ones that I was interest in, were scratched and the movies
>>> barely stumbled along. The disks from netflix also jerked quite a bit
>>> and made for a less than exhilarating movie experience.
>>>
>>> I tried two different DVD players but the results were equally
>>> disappointing. The old VHS tapes worked much better.
>>>
>>> Was my experience unique, or do other folks have the same problems?
>>> Short of buying brand new movie DVDs, how can I get my hands on clean
>>> DVD disks?
>>>
>>> Happy New Year
>>>
>>> --
>>> Walter
>>> www.rationality.net
>>> -
>>>
>>
>> Unique.
>>
>> But with DVDs in the $20 range why not just buy good, clean, brand new
>> copies and start a proper library of your own? I mean, if you're renting
>> and hoping to steal a copy for yourself so you can presumably watch a
>> movie over and over again, it really is much better to get a new one you
>> can display prominently on a shelf in your living room....they make great
>> conversation starters too, so there's another reason to buy instead of
>> steal !!!
>>
>> If you copy then you have no case with nice poster art or liner
>> notes....who wants that?
>>
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