[G4] Pioneer DVD and Movies

[sr ferenczy]

in the US, it is "innocent until proven guilty" right?  if email lists 
would be limited to discussion of topics that cannot involve illegal 
activity, there would be no discussion.

-cars can be driven illegally
-cars can be modified to an illegal extent
-computer application can be illegal
-obtaining of computers software can be done illegally
-software can be installed illegally


and the list goes on.

I saw nothing in Rich's questions that pointed to anything explicitly 
illegal, rather, my first thought was that he is someone exactly like 
me who has invested thousands of dollars into software, music, movies, 
etx and simply wants to ensure that the products purchased will outlive 
the fragile existence of the media on which they were produced. (we all 
preach the necessity of multiple backups, but then deny someone the 
knowledge of how to backup???)  i know cds and dvds are inherently 
fragile, thus the reason i duplicate every one i buy, and never use the 
original. maybe if corporations would allow free replacement of damaged 
disks, this wouldnt be necessary.... (i know that cant (wont) happen, 
so i continue to backup)

sandor


On Dec 28, 2003, at 6:06 PM, CJ Scaminaci wrote:

> On Dec 28, 2003, at 3:21 PM, Mel Krewall wrote:
>
>> The "Fair Use" doctrine established by US law says that it is 
>> perfectly legal to back up your own media for your own use. If Rich 
>> were to sell the result, that would be illegal, but the basic topic 
>> is perfectly fine.
>> There are a number of Mac shareware and freeware products that will 
>> do the job, but as was mentioned earlier in the thread, none of them 
>> are one-click easy. Looks like a market opportunity for someone.
>> Mel
>>
>
> OK, I'll give you that. My basis was, that we don't know he's not 
> going to sell them. Not anything against Rich, but you can't be too 
> careful can you? That's why it's not an appropriate topic for a 
> mailing list. If it involves a possibility of illegal activity in any 
> way, it shouldn't be discussed here. However, most commercial DVD's 
> are copy protected. So one can't re-produce them very easily. My two 
> cents.
>
> CJ Scaminaci
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> Lead Software Engineer-Macintosh Development
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>
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