Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (143129)	10/15/2005 9:11:14 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794094

You're purchasing a usage right to the intellectual property which is delivered on a physical medium. As with vinyl, where you could record a cassette tape to play in your car or to otherwise make a back-up copy for preservation, the same should apply to DVDs. As long as you're not selling or otherwise distributing it, the usage right of the IP for personal enjoyment is what you paid for. Transfer to HD is a legitimate preservation method.

To: Lane3 who wrote (143129)	10/15/2005 9:30:06 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794094

I understand what you're saying. Kinda like the irony if Bill Gates was building cars and they operated as "reliable" as his operating systems do.... Can you imagine going down the freeway at 70 mph and your car pukes?

To: Lane3 who wrote (143129)	10/15/2005 9:54:45 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Respond to of 794094

Perhaps this analogy fits better: if your HD goes poof and you didn't make a backup copy of your software, it's your fault for not making a backup. If you lose your cassette tape and didn't make a backup copy, it's your fault. However, you are absolutely entitled to make a copy of either of those for backup purposes. Why should DVDs be any different? A DVD is, in itself, a software package. Aside from the movie that sits on the disc, everything else on the DVD is a set of encoded commands that execute a digital instruction set telling the machine what output to provide based on user input. The user interacts with it via a navigable interface just like any other type of software, though the I/O is of a more limited form (yet it is still execution of intellectual property, at its base form). DVDs should be as copyable for backup purposes as per any other software license which you agree to at purchase. As for lost or broken snow globes ... well, it's not very feasible for most to have their own plastic extrusion factory in the basement. <g> But you have my blessing if you do.