MPAA Chases Uploads, Ignores Open Sales of DVD-Rs?

Posted by Zonk on Saturday October 6, 2007 @08:01PM from the maybe-they're-just-lazy dept.

rbrander writes "Go to TVBoxSet.com and find a remarkable sales site for box sets of TV shows, including not only surprisingly cheap deals, but offerings not found elsewhere. For example, they have a set with all ten seasons of 'JAG'. The problem is that the production company is only up to season 4 so far. Google "tvboxset" and find every link below the first is to a complaint or news website complaining of the scam. Those who do shop at the site get a product that appears to be a DVD-R recorded off of cable. The really odd thing? They're still in business! A story at the Montreal Gazette about the scam is six weeks old. Now what's in it for the content industry to beat up private citizens with $220,000 judgements or scrambling to get DeCSS sites shut down within hours, while corporate scammers openly sell pirate DVDs for months on end, unopposed?"

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Re:Wrong purpose by eggman9713 · 2007-10-06 20:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

Well given that Sony thinks everything (including remembering a song) is piracy, perhaps the MPAA wants DRM all the way into your occipital lobe (Vision center of the brain for your non-anatomy savvy people)