Hey Ricardo,

Yeah, I think you're right.  I also think that those who encrypt Blue-rays and 
DVDs are a lot more worried about mass copying and selling of DVDs, than  you 
or I putting one copy of a movie onto our iPad.
Cheers,
Donna
On Dec 29, 2012, at 11:33 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ah!  Ok.  Thanks Donna, I guess I'm not crazy after all.  lol.  I think what 
> we ran into here was a typical case of jumping the gun, and wild assumption.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
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> 
> On Dec 30, 2012, at 12:10 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> I think you're all confusing several different things here.  I agree that 
>> the I'm blind so I deserve special treatment is bunk, but I don't think that 
>> was the point that was being put forward.
>> 
>> 1.  the point that we all copy CDs every day and no one thinks anything of 
>> it as long as it's for your own personal use is a valid one.  I have 
>> hundreds of CDs, many of which I have imported into my iTunes library. No 
>> one looks askance at that, no one even bothers to ask whether I'm making 
>> that content available to anyone else.  Why should a movie be any different? 
>>  Few if any would make the argument that I am obligated to repurchase that 
>> content from iTunes in order to play it in my iTunes library.
>> 
>> 2. VLC and HandBrake are available to anyone, not just the blind community.  
>> To ask about these resources is no different than asking what apps are 
>> available to help you find the best prices on shoes or gas.  Kliphton was 
>> simply inquiring about the name of widely available programs, he can't be 
>> faulted for that.
>> 
>> 3.  As was already stated, encryption does not equal copyright.  If you 
>> break encryption, but never provide the content to anyone else, you have not 
>> violated copyright.  If that were the case, any of us who have imported a CD 
>> into iTunes, or scanned a book so we could read it on our computer, 
>> notetaker, etc. have violated copyright.
>> 
>> Clearly, if Kliphton breaks encryption and then provides that content to 
>> others, or if he illegally purchases content, he  has violated the law.  But 
>> to transfer content which he has already purchased to another device for his 
>> personal use, is not a violation of anything..
>> Best,
>> Donna
>> On Dec 29, 2012, at 9:47 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Quite right too.  I wonder something.  IF the person wanted to break the 
>>> copy right on a DVD put forth the effort to create something, would he want 
>>> others to do to him what he seaks now to do?
>>> 
>>> a fair question do you not think?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray
>>> Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!
>>> 
>>> On Dec 29, 2012, at 9:05 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Kindly share the portion of the source post for this thread that even 
>>>> suggests your interpretation is this  person's goal?
>>>> They asked how to break a copyright.
>>>> Frankly if the content of your DVD collection has value to you, you keep a 
>>>> means for playing them...no more no less.
>>>> I do not find your description of "today's technology" is a reason for 
>>>> this conduct, but that too is just my opinion.
>>>> Karen
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 29 Dec 2012, Alex Hall wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> (Email&iMessage) [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> (Twitter&Skype) kliphton72
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) 
>>>>>>>>>> http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>>>> <http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com/>
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> (Life Journal) kliphton.wordpress.com
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> (face book) http://facebook.com/kliphandsharrie
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
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