Agree. I'll say something on the list that is advocating something wrong (which we normally frown upon).
My kids are gigantic fans of these Disney movies, especially the sequels. For a while, I lived with it.. they'd end up destroying a disc or two and I'd just rebuy. As DVD burners became more common, I basically said: this is ridiculous. I keep the originals filed away in my office and let them screw up a copy. Why would I have any desire to let them have access to destroy it? While I've never been into downloading movies, etc. (except what I pay for) copying what I already own to me seems fair game, and I find it somewhat ridiculous that considering how fragile vs. the cost they are that we don't have a way around that. Some studios do get it (example: Veggietales doesn't at all copyprotect their stuff, and even notes in their DVDs you can copy it to a VHS tape if you want; kudos to them) some go to insane lengths to stop you. If you're ripping something you didn't buy, you stole it (simple; and with stuff like Itunes and direct download from companies so cheap to buy software, why bother with most?) but if you're copying what you legally bought for yourself and not for paid distribution, I'm sorry, but I won't feel bad about that. (Also, some of these people need to think about what they are selling; I understand the profit motive behind selling movies, even TV series.. but it chaps me a bit to see how much PBS is openly advertised to buy at crazed cost.. you're a taxpayer supported network, damnit, if you're a profit making enterprise - and believe me, freaking BooBah, Sesame Street, etc. all make outrageous cash - then support your own network with this and get off the taxpayer's butt. Either that or drastically lower the cost of your DVDs.. while I don't buy or copy them, PBS kids stuff.. if I ever ran into someone who had made copies of all the BS "Aurthur" and other crap, even if they never purchased them, their tax dollars sure as hell paid for it..) CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:05 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Speaking of cable issues... The problem with US laws are that they simply do not address matter-of-fact infringements. Simply put, you get caught downloading copywrighted movies or music, you pay the price. That is all that should be needed in the law books. Instead we have an asinine set of laws that allow somebody to be imprisoned for simply trying to make a copy for themselves of material they lawfully bought, or exposing security flaws of software encryption because that is classified as "unlawful reverse engineering". Personally, I don't there ever needed to be new laws about the same old crime - theft.
