Corporate Protection vs. Consumer Rights

[Kov-Ice]

The battle wages on. Look HERE (http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/Business/652C5ED4D2008B9286256EA30037683E?OpenDocument&Headline=321+Studios+spins+toward+zero) for an article detailing the plight DVD X Copy's maker faces. What do you think?

[mbossman2]

this is a tough one.

you have a product that can be used for A, which is a legimate legal activity, but it also can be used for B, which is a violation of the law and you have a legitimate company caught in the middle.

you have 2 sets of rights that need to be upheld, which one do you keep safe and which one do you negate?

[Redfallon]

I see it as no different than a firearm. It can be used for legitimate purposes, as well as non legit. I certainly do not support banning firearms, as there's always a way around that. Just as there is still a way to make illegal copies of DVD's. The company should be allowed to sell it's software, they're not responsible for the end user using the software illegally.

[IntegraGSR]

Even if they side with the corporations, it's only a matter of time before something else comes out like it, and it could be Open Source/GPL, nothing's stopping that from traversing the Internet and P2P.

[RayH]

The judge should require the DVD studios to come up with a plan that allows fair use copy since the studios thrwat such!

Pirates don't need Studio 321!