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Two Congressmen Push for DMCA Amendments
silicon not in the v writes "Rep Rick Boucher, D-Va, is proposing a bill to amend the DMCA to specifically allow copying digital media for the purpose of personal backups. This is, of course, being fought hard by the content lobbies, most significantly the MPAA for its potential for bootlegging DVDs. Here was my favorite quote: 'There is no right in the copyright law to make backup copies of motion pictures, so the whole argument that people should have the right to make backup copies of DVDs has no legal support whatsoever,' said Fritz Attaway, executive vice president of the MPAA." See also stories from the Associated Press and CNet.
i hate you rusty
What on earth makes you think you have the "right" to do that, butt breath? They own the copyright to the movie, so they control how it is distributed. They have chosen to disribute it on a DVD that can only be played on approved players. Boo hoo hoo- you can't copy it to your HDD. Deal with it.
Maybe if you understood basic copyright law you wouldn't look so retarded.
Taking your work copy of Win2k home and installing it on your own computer is illegal too but how many people here have done that
0, this is Slashdot. Nobody here uses Windows 2000 Home Edition.
>Sure we dont have Disney dollars, but [...]
Keep passing laws like this, and some day in the not-too-distant future, you may actually end up with the Disney corporation logo on your greenbacks.
I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J
The DMCA makes this copying illegal because DVDs employ a copy protection scheme.
THANK YOU FOR PROVING MY POINT. Its illegal, so quit whining about it. And to all of the people screaming about the need to make a backup- I own about 300 DVDs and I have never had to replace a single one. Try to pick a real point to argue.
Yes, exactly, freedom from the stranglehold of fear the Islamic world has on our Christian nation. Freedom from suicide bombers lurking in every corner of every city and town.
I'm glad you see things our way. It's very important that we be free to practice the will of Jesus Christ, our savior. Surely the towelhe^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Arabs want our fertile land and beautiful women all for their own. I'm quite confident that Jesus Christ is beside us as we valiantly vanquish the Iraqi threat and close Saddam's terrible torture prisons.
"Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie." -Tori Amos on Nine Inch Nails
I have the technical means to break your nose, too. I can do it. Doesn't mean it is legal. So whats your point?
Are you always so retarded? You have the right to life, that means breathing or are you utterly devoid of intelligence? It also says the PURSUIT of happiness, not the right TO happiness. Jesus christ the morons that visit slashdot these days...............