Erm....some of us do make our own DVDs using our own content that is in no way a copyright infringement (in fact the copyright belongs to us as I shot the footage, edited it together and created the DVD). Personally I would feel like a fool giving out DVDs containing training video of our products to clients that just had "Technowrap Core Training DVD - English" written on the top. ATM we print stick on labels on our disks, not ideal, but I'm trying to get the company to buy an R200 (or similar) and a stand alone duplicator.
We also produce documentation/marketing CDs, backup disks, DVDs of our visual underwater camera and ROV surveys, etc. All copies that are intended to leave the office have labels on them. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 September 2005 12:18 > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Label dvd discs > > > Although I have made a "work copy" of some DVD movies I own > to protect the > original, I have not gotten extensively involved in DVD > copying. This means > my opinion is from inexperience. > > To me, those fancy CD and DVD homemade labels are like > counterfeit money, > easy to spot. To me it looks "cheap" to doll up a bootleg > copy with a fancy > label. I simply hand wrote the title on every CD or DVD I > have ever copied. > Although in some people's opinion some of my copies may be > bootleg. It is > much simpler to admit this than to get into a debate over > what is legal to > copy and what is not. Since 99% of my copies are for personal > use I am the > only one who sees the label. If I were not running a computer > business I may > be more willing to "share" some of my copies. When I provide > the extra > service of making a "work copy" for a customer of one of > their CD's or DVD's > they know the label will be handwritten. > > I have never heard of a computer business being busted for > receiving copies > of copyrighted data. Again, legal or illegal is often a hotly > debated topic. > This means a computer shop can add to its personal library by > receiving > copies and it not be looked upon near as hard as distributing > copies. The > officials do not associate receiving with profit taking like > they associate > distribution with profit taking. I am merely stating my > opinion here, not > making suggestions. > > I am not advocating abandoning your ideas of nice looking > labels. I am just > throwing in a twist of humor or a different viewpoint. As I > said, printed > labels look nice, but to me look "cheap." This opinion surely > involves some > jealousy on my part because I am too lazy to establish the > labeling process. > Although in one sense they may look "cheap", they do look > lots better than > handwritten labels and are much easier to read. > > Is scanning the original label and making an exact copy of it > onto the > surface of the CD or DVD a feature in this process? If so > those could look > so good nobody would know it is a copy. > > I will all of you who have taken up this process well in your efforts, > > Chuck >
