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Australia Rules DVD's are Films, Not Software
divereigh writes: "The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that an Australian Federal court has decided this case in favour of the Australian Video Rental Association. The Association had taken Warner Home Video to court for trying to classify DVD's as software and thus double the price for those sold into the rental market."
I believe that all the governments of the entire world shall rule that region coding, encryption, and the other "digital rights denial" technologies in DVDs are illegal, and rule that not only must they be banned, but that consumers should be encouraged to make copies of DVDs and distribute them. There would be a massive, multitrillion dollar marketing campaign to get people to copy and distribute DVDs. In fact, every DVD you buy should cost one cent, and it should come with 1000 blank recordable DVDs. DVD players would come equipped with a DVD copier which would simultaeously make 10 exact digital duplicates of a DVD in one minute. Each copy made by a consumer would allow him to claim a $1,000 tax deduction. And if you make 10,000 or more total copies of DVDs in a year, you automatically don't pay taxes, and get all your taxes refunded for the past 10 years, or 100,000 dollars, whichever is greater. To cover for this, the entertainment industry would repay the government all that money, with interest, penalties, and interest on the penalties. Finally, these laws would apply to music as well.