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MPAA Makes Unauthorized Copies of DVD

Posted by Zonk on from the pot-i-would-like-you-to-meet-kettle dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a story on ArsTechnica about how the MPAA has admitted that they made unauthorized copies of a movie. That in itself is a bit of tasty hypocrisy, but if it turns out that they ripped a DVD, then the MPAA could find themselves in violation of the DMCA." From the article: "According to Mark Lemley, a professor at the Stanford Law School, the MPAA may have been within its rights to make copies of the film. Given that the MPAA's intent isn't financial gain and that the whole situation may rise above the level of trading barbs through the media into legal action, making a copy may be justified. Personally, I can't see any justification for an organization such as the MPAA ignoring a directive from a copyright owner, but IANAL." Update: 01/24 19:52 GMT by Z : Made title more accurate.

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  1. That's it, I yield dominance over chicks to by melted · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's it, I yield dominance over chicks to Brad Pitt. Yeah, you heard me right, Brad, you can let out that sigh of relief. Now that I've made this announcement you have nothing to worry about anymore.

  2. Re:Uh Oh... by Dun+Malg · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Trying to blame this on the Clinton administration alone, though, really, you should be ashamed - doing that makes you part of the problem right there.

    He did no such thing, jackass. He merely noted that the NET Act was "signed into law by the Clinton Administration". He made no claim that it originated solely from democrats, or that republicans are totally innocent-- though it's worth noting that it passed both houses unanimously, so I'd so it neatly tars both parties quite equally. His point is summed up by his last sentence:

    "selling out your rights to further rapacious corporate profits is not, and never has been, exclusively a Republican trait."

    Your knee-jerk hissy fit false accusation frankly paints you as some sort of moonbat Democrat apologist.
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  3. Re:Uh Oh... by eht · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nice strawman you knocked down right there.

  4. Re:Uh Oh... by the_rev_matt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "If you don't have any good arguments to make, then you shouldn't post."

    I'm sorry, are you new here? Not having good arguments, or any arguments at all, doesn't discourage people from posting. I use my own reply to your comment as a prime example :)

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  5. Re:Uh Oh... by Dun+Malg · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Your immature and compulse name-calling doesn't reflect too well on you, either. If you have convincing arguments to make, you can make them just as effectively without insults. If you don't have any good arguments to make, then you shouldn't post.

    I don't care how it reflects on me.

    My argument was pretty obvious:

    The original poster did not say what you accused him of saying

    -or-

    Your reading comprehension leaves something to be desired

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  6. Re:Uh Oh... by javaxman · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    The original poster did not say what you accused him of saying.

    I'm sorry, but he did.

    He said "like the DMCA, the NET Act was also signed into law by the Clinton Administration."

    That's a direct quote, and an obvious attempt to deflect criticism of the GOP. If he'd meant to ( correctly ) spread the blame to all deserving parties, he would have said something more along the lines of "the DMCA and NET Acts had full support of the Democrats as well" or something like that.

    Your reading comprehension leaves something to be desired

    If you've read my posts and decided I'm a big fan of the Democratic party, the same could be said for your own reading comprehension... but I'm thinking that you are able to understand things that are written quite easily. It may simply be that you choose to ignore that information.