Well, I apologize for my reply then, but I did not see the original poster's 
question as stealing. I'll not go into the Movie Vault here, but copying a dvd 
one already owns is, to me, not stealing anything. Provided the digital copy is 
not sold to, given to, or otherwise distributed to anyone else, I see the copy 
as a backup or a way of watching something you already paid for on another 
device. For instance, say you have a Mac Mini hooked up to a living room tv, 
but the Mini has no disk drive (as they have not for a couple years). You also 
have a Macbook (also no disk drive) in the house. Both devices share a 
network-based iTunes library, and as neither can play your movie, you simply 
convert the movie into a format that your devices can use. Yes, you can buy the 
movie twice over just to have it in a compatible format, but now you've paid 
twice for something you owned in the first place but was simply not compatible 
with today's technology. I'm sorry if I offend anyone, but that's my opinion. 
Again, you cross a line when you start distributing your copies to other 
people, but as long as it's for your personal use and is used to get around 
technological incompatibilities, I don't view it as stealing and therefore have 
no problem helping others convert their outdated dvd libraries into modern 
files playable on today's diskless computers.
On Dec 29, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote:

> My sword also drawn, well sharpened and at the ready.  What's right is right: 
>  and, what's wrong is wrong.  Not to mention which, I believe the mod has 
> made it very abundantly clear that the stealing of intellectual property by 
> any on this list WILL, NOT Be, tolerated.
> 
> Nor even the discussion of it.  
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
> 
> On Dec 29, 2012, at 7:49 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ray,
>> I am not sure where to start besides thanks...ahem because you are blind you 
>> are entitled to stolen property?  There is a regulation that says 
>> this...where?
>> A bit humorously, but this is not a blindness thing so to speak, of anything 
>> is a blindness thing.
>> Unfortunately it is a human disorder, i. e. because I feel disadvantaged for 
>> <fill in reason> my back ground income level, skin, gender whatever I have 
>> decided divides me from the rest of humanity, I can claim the right to all 
>> sorts of things belonging  too others because I am entitled.
>> The same argument is made for other sorts of stealing, from cheating on a 
>> spouse to shop lifting, and it is equally misguided.
>> to keep this on point, I suppose some forget that Apple staff are rumored to 
>> read this list?
>> and I feel sure they would love to know others here are using their 
>> creativity to steal from hard working professionals.
>> Kare with her shoes on but her intellectual property sword drawn smiles.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
>> 
>>> I totally second what Karen says here.  Frankly, it's the attitude on the 
>>> part of some blind people that just because they're blind, they have the 
>>> right to steal copy right protected material makes me want to vomit!!!  
>>> Nothing gives anybody the right to Steal like that.  I don't care if it's a 
>>> physical store, a DVD or what ever.  When you buy a DVD or CD, or even a 
>>> download, all you have is the right to the individual private use of that 
>>> intellectual property.  You DO, NOT, OWN, that intellectual property.  That 
>>> is the work of someone else:  and, unless that someone else specifically 
>>> gives you the right to make further use or to further distribute that 
>>> intellectual property, , it IS, NOT, yours to do with as you will.  The 
>>> only thing you own is the physical medium on which that intellectual 
>>> property happens to reside.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>>> 
>>> On Dec 29, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Half a moment.
>>>> Mod alert before this thread goes any further.
>>>> You actually expect people to guide you towards stealing property here?
>>>> Just as bad as the other thread recently telling someone how to seal 
>>>> movies from the vault of stolen material the mice gives away.
>>>> I trust a mod will prevent this before it gets out of hand.
>>>> Karen
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Kliphton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So, what apps do people use to remove copyright protection from DVD's so 
>>>>> it
>>>>> can be ripped?  I heard VLC can do this, but never knew how to do it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kliphton Senior
>>>>> 
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