RE: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al.

[Hayes Elkins]

To realize just how stupid the DMCA is, buy using a green marker on certain 
copy-protected CDs to play properly, you are breaking the law.

From: "Neil Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
To: "'The Hardware List'" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Subject: RE: [H] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. et al. v. Grokster, 
Ltd.,et al.
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 20:04:45 +0100
I'll put in a lame 'me too' on that opinion :)

>From what I've heard I'm a little more fortunate as I'm in the UK and the
recording/movie industry isn't quite as controlling. For instance I've not
paid full price for a CD or DVD for years. Most of my purchases are from
online vendors offering up to 40% reductions on the recommended prices.
Pretty much the rest of my media purchases is from stored doing special
offers or multi-buy offers (these are incidentally paid for by either the
distributor or record company - that's why record stores have almost
identical titles for very similar prices).

I don't have a problem with buying things, I just have a problem with
companies jumping all over my fair use rights. I only have one set of eyes
and ears, even if I make a *personal* copy of a disk, I can only use one
copy at a time.

It also p*sses me off that many copy protected disks do not work in my car
CD player (The VW Golf head unit is strict Red Book and is well known for
it's hatred of non standard disks :)


> I agree with you. However the studio's right to protect their
> works ends where my rights to copy, reverse engineer, modify,
> whatever begins.
>
> I am anti-DRM.
>
>
>
> > No argument here. Look it's really simple folks - I am pro-property
> > and pro-privacy. I really do not understand why I am in the
> minority
> > here. A person should be able to do whatever he damn well
> feels like
> > with a purchased media copy within the confines of his home. Make
> > copies, reverse engineer, modify, whatever. It's your privacy, its
> > your property, it's your right. However you need to also understand
> > the author/distributor's work is also their property and
> their means
> > of making a living. Their work deserves the same amount of
> protection
> > from theft and exploitation that a purchaser of that work has. Is
> > there anybody here w