Macrovision Has Solution for DVD-R copy protection

[Dv8ted2]

Taking someones content is stealing, flat and simple. It is theft.

Wrong......


You still have the physical object.

You have no grasp of semantics either.

Buying a disc and having to watch a commercial saying that if you breathe, you are a criminal is wrong on so many fronts.

[thecoalman]

thanks to Google-whored top-page results (paid placements)..

No such thing except the ads that are clearly marked. Doing that would be found out in a short time, about the same amount of time it would take Google to keel over and die from the flak. More ads have slowly crept in over the years but the results are organic.

[Supreme2k]

Thank you so much for correcting my spelling..lol, you are so smart.

If you are going to be running a business, you don't want to come off as illiterate or uneducated.

And to compare cutting up a photo to killing someone, that is really far off. Taking someones content is stealing, flat and simple. It is theft.

You are contradicting yourself. I was just comparing the material with the immaterial, like you did. Comparing the destruction of a picture to murdering the subject is the same as comparing ripping a disc (even one that you own) to physically breaking in to your neighbor's house and depriving him of property.
It is that kind of thinking that gets laws interpreted so illogically. It should all fall under copyright violations, rather than theft, but a few back-asswards judges actually listen to the whole "theft" claim. You cannot steal that which is ethereal. How am I "taking someone's content" when I have bought the disc? I simply ripped parts out for a compilation or to play on my iPod. Yes, there are pirates (yarg!) who go much further, but it's still only copyright infringement at its base.

Here's some interesting (rather old) reading from a colleague. It will now be my sig.
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/theft.html

And to fully illustrate it:

[lordsmurf]

thanks to Google-whored top-page results (paid placements)..

No such thing except the ads that are clearly marked. Doing that would be found out in a short time, about the same amount of time it would take Google to keel over and die from the flak. More ads have slowly crept in over the years but the results are organic.

Keyboard>Chair stupidity factor, however, overrides your assertion. And "clearly marked" is up for debate.

[jagabo]

People are not sheep.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081017-report-fake-antivirus-programs-claim-30-...n-victims.html

More than 30 million Internet users have fallen victim to fake antivirus programs...

[menes777]

OMG Supreme, that picture was frakking hilarious......

"Stealing shit on the high seas..."

[stiltman]

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[Noahtuck]

The same guys that will take the time to break the copy protection are the same kind of guys who would break your car window to pull out your stereo so I guess the case can be made not to lock your door.

You, "sir", are a complete *******.

Who is this F'n brain dead troll

[Dv8ted2]

The same guys that will take the time to break the copy protection are the same kind of guys who would break your car window to pull out your stereo so I guess the case can be made not to lock your door.

You, "sir", are a complete *******.

Who is this F'n brain dead troll

It is ROF in disguise. He believes that if we buy his stuff, we are thieves. I wonder what gives him the right to label everyone other than him a thief.

[SCDVD]

It is ROF in disguise. He believes that if we buy his stuff, we are thieves. I wonder what gives him the right to label everyone other than him a thief.

He kind of reminds me of a drug dealer with a Support Your Local Police sticker on his bumper.

[Dv8ted2]

People are not sheep.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081017-report-fake-antivirus-programs-claim-30-...n-victims.html

More than 30 million Internet users have fallen victim to fake antivirus programs...

Need I remind you that you were once a newbie as well? :P We were all newbies at one point.

People learn at different rates. As long as people have the capacity to learn, there is hope.