[mythtv-users] "Excellent" transcode isn't so excellent

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Oct 27 22:28:27 UTC 2006


On 10/27/06 15:07, David Brodbeck wrote:

>Chris Ribe wrote:
>  
>
>>It isn't the copyright infringment that is criminal
>>
Actually, copyright infringement is a federal offense.  Now, whether 
copying an unencrypted (because of the DMCA issue you mention below) DVD 
you've purchased constitutes fair use is another matter...

>> - it is the DMCA
>>crime of breaking CSS.  Buying the movie doesn't make ripping it any
>>less criminal.
>>
>This is one of those annoying cases where what's legal doesn't line up
>with what's moral.  This often happens when the law gets distorted by
>business interests.  While it may be technically illegal, I see no
>*moral* issue with ripping a movie you own.  You've paid for it; you're
>just choosing to view it in a different way.  Ripping a movie you
>*don't* own, on the other hand, seems to me to be a form of theft, and
>hence immoral.  Just my opinion.
>

You /own/ the movie?  You paid the millions of dollars to create the 
movie?  Wow.

I simply buy discs that contain a copy of the movie which I am licensed 
to view through a licensed DVD player.  I just can't afford to pay for 
the production of all the movies I want to see, and, unfortunately, they 
tend to finish production of the movies before I even realize I want to 
see them, so I'm usually too late, anyway.  (And then there's the issues 
of all the copyrights owned by all the parties involved...  Author, 
producer, director, actors, ...)

Mike


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