....in my opinion is, if big media is successful in prventing DVD copying sofware and thus I cannot make backup copies of my DVDs for backup purposes, when they become unplayable, shouldn't I be entitled to walk into any retail outlet and trade it in for a working copy at no charge?
To paraphrase a administration axiom: When you take a privilege away from a user to do self-maintenance, you become obligated to provide support for whatever you took away from them.
I thoroughly agree that the age restriction is due to leagal issues. I would ask if he's a emancipate minor. If no, I probably wouldn't let him in either, but if he is, and since he has a business, I assume he is, I don't see a problem...
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....in my opinion is, if big media is successful in prventing DVD copying sofware and thus I cannot make backup copies of my DVDs for backup purposes, when they become unplayable, shouldn't I be entitled to walk into any retail outlet and trade it in for a working copy at no charge?
To paraphrase a administration axiom: When you take a privilege away from a user to do self-maintenance, you become obligated to provide support for whatever you took away from them.
For those that care, here's the link for the NASA site on Messenger. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/i ndex.html
I thoroughly agree that the age restriction is due to leagal issues. I would ask if he's a emancipate minor. If no, I probably wouldn't let him in either, but if he is, and since he has a business, I assume he is, I don't see a problem...