DVD group proposes copy ban

[SPM]

You guys obviously haven't been following these folks antics, logic & the scope of what they propose are just beyond their own comprehension.

Yeah, it would ban about every DVD burner ever made. No, they couldn't enforce it without pissing off a whole bunch of people.

It's stupid, plain and simple. Draconian, over-the-top greed at its finest.

Yup, that is a perfect description of the MPAA and RIAA cartels.

 

[Sxotty]

I don't mind reuse if the product you currently have is still useable.

So I want to put my DVDs on my HTPC, but I don't think I deserve HD quality videos and should be allowed to download them illegally.

In other words bluray/hddvd are fine by me if I could copy them onto HDD which I cannot.

 

[nutball]

So I want to put my DVDs on my HTPC, but I don't think I deserve HD quality videos and should be allowed to download them illegally.

The argument from the RIAA/MPAA is that much of the price you pay for a CD or DVD is to license their intellectual property -- the blood, sweat and tears which have gone into creating the beautiful lyrics for Brittney to sing, or the thoughtful and inspiring lines of dialogue delivered by Mr Segal.

What intellectual property is there in a simple mechanical re-encoding of an existing work of art?

If you own a copy of a CD or DVD, you've already paid for that license. In the current model though, if you want an HD version of a DVD you already own, you have to pay that license fee again. You're not getting any new intellectual property, you're merely getting intellectual property you already have a license for in a slightly new and updated format. A fairer arrangement would be an upgrade scheme -- trade in your DVDs for HD versions for just the price of the media.

See the problem is that the argument is being couched in terms of "pay the full price again" versus "download illegally". That's a false dichotomy created by the industry. There's a third way possible but it's not one they're likely to consider, as they reckon it'll net them less money for nothing. So consumers find themselves choosing between a) paying again for something they already own, b) downloading illegally and c) not bothering with the entire HD thing altogether, thus slowing the growth of the HD market. Option (a) is objectionable, (b) is illegal, so anyone with a brain in their heads will go for (c).

 

[Sxotty]

The argument from the RIAA/MPAA is that much of the price you pay for a CD or DVD is to license their intellectual property -- the blood, sweat and tears which have gone into creating the beautiful lyrics for Brittney to sing, or the thoughtful and inspiring lines of dialogue delivered by Mr Segal.

What intellectual property is there in a simple mechanical re-encoding of an existing work of art? .

I still do not mind at all.

If they release a new encoding I don't have to buy it if the old works fine. If they want to charge full price, or even more than that is still fine I have the choie to buy it or not. The annoyance is the greater restrictions they try and put on media with every new development. Once I do pay for it I want to use it for as long as I want wherever and whenever I want.