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06-01-2004, 01:02 PM
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Corporate Protection vs. Consumer Rights
The battle wages on. Look HERE for an article detailing the plight DVD X Copy's maker faces. What do you think?
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06-01-2004, 02:29 PM
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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? |
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06-01-2004, 02:35 PM
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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.
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06-01-2004, 02:59 PM
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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.
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06-01-2004, 07:23 PM
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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! |
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