On 12/27/05, Jim Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You never own the music, you own a right to play the music. In ten years > all media will be rental most likely and making a copy will be outlawed > totally by then. I don't own the tv shows I rent them via cable. What is > the difference? I am not expecting prices to go up on this type of service > just down with more capabilities as time goes by. Oh, and why would I need > to burn it to a cd? My mp3 player goes everywhere with me and hooks up to > anything or just use the transmitter. >
See, this is a huge problem. As a consumer YOU OWN THE THINGS YOU BUY. Don't believe this crap pushed by the RIAA and MPAA that you need to pay them every time you want to enjoy a piece of media. You are correct in that if you buy a CD you do not own the rights to reproduce it or make money off it, but you damn well own it in the sense of being able to listen to it in ANY way you see fit. That is your right under the law as a consumer. For cable or satellites, yes you do own those shows for whatever personal enjoyment you can think of. You can record them in any fashion you want, either with a VCR or DVD-R or whatever and play them back any number of times. The problem I have with DRM is the content owners (ie big companies not the authors) are using it to track everything you do (and sell that info to whomever wants it) and to charge you for things that are your LEGAL right! Oh you want to burn it on a CD? Pay me more. Play it on a portable device? Pay me more. That is complete bull$&*% and we as consumers cannot stand for it. Otherwise we consumers will lose what little rights we have left. -- Brian
