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Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the digital-restrictions-monkeybusiness dept.

Depending on who you listen to Steve Jobs has supposedly been pitching the idea of selling "premium" DVDs that would include an extra fee for the privilege of transferring your legally-purchased DVD to a different device. "The courts have held that "space-shifting" your CDs to a portable music device is a fair use. So you can legally import your CD collection to your iPod, or any other device, without paying a penny. But Steve Jobs apparently wants to charge you $4 for the privilege of doing the same with your DVDs."

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  1. Re:Steve Jobs or the MPAA by davesays · · Score: 0, Troll

    No! There's Steve Jobs as well!

  2. Re:convenience by Karlt1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    "If it wasn't for Jobs (and Apple) being in bed with the movie industry, I'd hope that they would take Hollywood on and make such a piece of software."

    So you expect a publically traded company to do something that is clearly illegal? It's not about the movie industry, it's against the law in the US.