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Circuit City Ripping DVDs for Users

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-won't-last-long dept.

Grooves writes "Circuit City is offering a DVD transfer service that's sure to enrage the MPAA. For $10 for 1 DVD or $30 for 5, Circuit City will violate the DMCA and rip commercial DVDs for users to put on their mobile players. From the article: 'This should be a viable market. Software and services are losing out to draconian digital rights management philosophies and anti-consumer technologies aimed at increasing revenues stemming from double-dipping--what I call the industry's penchant for charging twice for the same thing.' They note that fair use backups of DVDs have not been tested in court because all of the attention is focused on the circumvention software itself." Update: 08/04 22:40 GMT by Z : Acererak writes "Red Herring reports that Circuit City isn't offering any DVD-to-DVD copying scheme. The Slashdotted sign was an isolated screwup."

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  1. Re:Now wait just a minute by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    HAHA! Dumbass. Just because you see a picture from a single CC doesn't mean that it only comes from that CC. My CC does it too.

    Dumbass.

  2. Re:They charge that much for running "DVD Decrypte by toleraen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, congrats on ripping apart someone for a few typos! God forbid someone makes a mistake on this forum! Good work! You even managed to get moderator support for your efforts!

    Oh, by the way, "GPL'd" should be GPLed since you're referring to a past-tense verb. And couldn't've, well, isn't even a word.

    Do I get +5 for pointing this out? Because that's all this asshat did. I understood what the GP meant perfectly well, as I'm sure everyone else with an IQ higher than 12 did too.