Public CD Copying Machine in Australia

kanad writes: "With all the news of banning cd burners, taxing blank CD-Rs, DMCA, and whatnot in the U.S., here's a breather from Australia. Some stores have installed coin-operated CD copying machines. Basically it's very simple: put the CD to be copied and a blank CD in two different slots and drop your coins and Presto! In 10 minutes you get a copy. It even bypasses some anti-copying measures. ... Obviously the burden of not violating copyright rests with the user under Australian law, which is the same as that applied to photocopiers. Today evening I saw the machine and it's really cool. Wonder what would happen to this machine in U.S. and Europe."

Comments

Re:in the U.S.

[scruffy]

In the US, this machine is a national security threat, and anyone who buys or uses one is a terrorist, and anyone who suggests that we legalize them a terrorist sympathizer.

Re:Another completely far wing article

[circletimessquare]

I'm completely with you dude, until you bought up guns.

CD Copying is harmless when it comes to bodily harm.

Guns are used to KILL PEOPLE- nothing more.

A nice "far wing", to use your term, NRA line for you take: "Guns don't kill people, criminals do."

Dude: CD burners can do lots of things, but unless you stick your eye in the path of the laser for a few hours without blinking, they are harmless. Knives can kill, but are certainly useful for lots of harmless important things, like cutting loaves of bread.

BUT ALL GUNS DO IS KILL, THEY HAVE NO OTHER USE. So your little argument about technology X? A little shortsighted.

I mean if we sold bullets at corner stores than you'd read a news article that says something along the lines of "new store makes kids with guns a ready proposition." etc...

No shucks Sherlock! You are right about the annoyance of media working on fear and pointing out the worst potential for a technology without recognizing the enormous good as well, but what other potential is there for guns?

Your argument about technology being portrayed in the worst possible light as a knee-jerk reaction is sound, UNLESS THE TECHNOLOGY HAS NO OTHER USE EXCEPT FOR IT'S WORST POSSIBLE USE. The spectrum of potential for gun technology is extrememly small: shoot people! What the heck else are they good for?

"kids maybe shouldn't be allowed to buy flash grenades at walmart"

"children buying tasers at 7-11 could be bad"

"teenagers might get their hands on sarin nerve gas at church and hurt somebody"

by your analogy, these headlines about these technologies are ridiculous. of course they are ridiculous headlines! but not for any reason you are close to, but because they are so obviously wrong. yet with guns it's ok? geez...

The point is these lines of thinking have got to stop. Anything can be used to comit a crime and it isn't very intelligence to insight people to be against technology X for that reason.

Until I see Ninjas pulling CDs with cerrated edges out of these machines and chucking them at people, you are very wrong.

Some things have no other use except for bodily harm and it is very intelligent to incite people to be against technology X to save lives from the insane, evil, and inexperienced.