DVD: Degradable Versatile...

jomaree writes "The SMH online reports that some DVDs are starting to corrode or "rot". Although somewhere between 1 and 10 per cent of DVDs are affected, it seems the distributors don't want to know. One list of affected movie titles reveals what might be a sinister pattern emerging: "One DVD website lists 18 titles known to have at least one bad batch, among them Planet of the Apes (1968), Men in Black: Collectors Edition, Independence Day and the Alien Legacy box set." Or maybe the person compiling the list only buys sci-fi movies."

Comments

Re:CD quality too

[SubtleNuance]

- that is, I hang 'em outside in a tree to help keep the starlings out of my yard.

What kind of asshole are you that dosnt want birds in his yard?

Re:Good for distributors.

[MikeFM]

Talk about your extreme examples - but okay I'll bite. In a democratic system it is the governments job to do what the people want. In the case of your Germans yes it would indeed be the governments job to kill all the Jews. It's not a matter of right or wrong; it's just the government. From my own moral perspective everyone that voted for Hitler was just as guilty of this sin as Hitler himself. By the same token everyone that voted for Bush is guilty for every innocent death caused by his actions as our President (no I didn't vote Al either).

People that drive the speed limit when everyone else are going 90mph are putting everyone else at risk. Crash into another car at 70mph and you're just as dead as if you do it at 90mph. If you're the only one going 70mph your the one most likely to cause a wreck.

Stealing is a matter of opinion and law. You only think old ladies copying songs is stealing. Legally you are correct. In our democracy you should not be legally correct because most people do it. Therefore there is something not-right with the government. From a moral standpoint it probably isn't stealing for most people. From my moral standpoint companies aren't people and therefore can't own anything and obviously if they can't own anything nobody can steal from them. Also data is not property. Information wants to be free by it's very nature. Try moving it or using it without copying it and see what I mean. It's not nearly as useful that way eh?

You really think people stop and think about their actions before doing things so that they can evaluate if something is right or wrong or legal or whatever? Making things illegal just makes people who want to do them try to do a better job (or get stoned so they don't care). Always remember the golden rule, "It's not illegal if you don't get caught."