[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Mar 2 22:20:37 UTC 2009


On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 04:02:15PM -0600, Andy Wettstein wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:46:57PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote:
> > On Mon, March 2, 2009 1:24 pm, Andy Wettstein wrote:
> > > There is no legal requirement to pay any license fees to rent a legally
> > > purchased DVD.
> > 
> > I would think this would be "unauthorized distribution."  It certainly
> > doesn't fit into the "for home use only" license warning that appears on
> > most DVDs.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine#Application_to_DVDs_and_NEBG_v_Weinstein
> 
> Media companies can try and tell you that you are agreeing to all types
> of licenses when you purchase media, but that doesn't make it legal or
> true.

    This is true of contracts in general. All sorts of unenforceable or
illegal stuff gets put into contracts. Companies a lot of times depend
on people just naeively going along with it all. The fact that someone
might want you to comply with it doesn't necessarily mean anything.


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