Chuck I am not 'emulating' dvd labels. My handwriting/printing isn't the greatest. I can label a cd with much more readable info that I can write on. Plus I can add pictures or colors to help me spot a disk. I have enough saved files, data, etc, that often I can't easily locate what the heck I am looking for. This way I can.
"-----Original Message----- "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- "[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:18 AM "To: The Hardware List "Subject: Re: [H] Label dvd discs " " "----- Original Message ----- "From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "To: "'The Hardware List'" <[email protected]> "Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:52 AM "Subject: RE: [H] Label dvd discs " " "> DVD Printables. "> "> Example: "> "> http://tinyurl.com/buol4 "> " "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
