Legally, you own nothing but the platter the DVD came on. The contents are still owned and copyrighted by someone else. You are effectively paying for the right to view the movie, and that's it.
Hmm. Have you considered (seriously, this is not a flame) that you may be reading too much into the earlier post? I understand that whenever an american is non-positive about another country, it's easy to call racism, but it's kinda dicey in this case.
I'd say that this is more reasonable... given that the major gripe about piracy is that it is theft... and you can't steal what isn't available... sounds ok to me.
You might like the comedian Jim Brewer. He does some music comedy, and was on the "MTV Icon" show awhile back, imitating James singing "If you're happy and you know it".
I also heard him doing KISS featuring Hetfield doing "The Hokey Pokie"... funny shit.
Ah. I've always felt that they were in the right. The 'sued their own fans' claim is usually incorrectly cited and overblown.
Of course, I don't steal music, so I wasn't offended. I do not buy the 'mp3s encourage sales' BS, I was in school at the time and _know_ that most folks were stealing with no intention to buy.
I am kinda surprised that the slashdot crowd is so vehement about this. We want control of software we write, including control to give it away. This is all Metallica was trying to do.
I'd imagine it has a lot to do with the idea of "I am entitled to whatever I want", which I think is BS. It's probably a matter of age though. Few 50 year olds were stealing mp3s.
Oh well, I still like the boys, and will continue to buy the music as long as it is good.
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Having read a few other posts by this fellow... I gotta say... GET BACK UNDER YOUR BRIDGE! :)
It's always interesting when you can't tell is a poster is trolling, trying to be funny, sincere or just confused...
Yeah, and he's almost twice as good as 50 cent...
Way in the back,it's hard to give directions in that building, but there are like 8 pods, just ask for directions.
The Bave and Busters in Ontario, CA has a battletech rig still. I played last night and they told me that a new version is arriving next week.
The 'work' (in the case of DVDs, a stream of data, representing video and audio) is considered a whole, and is owned by the studio.
Legally, you own nothing but the platter the DVD came on. The contents are still owned and copyrighted by someone else. You are effectively paying for the right to view the movie, and that's it.
Doesn't always help... adding sex to a bad movie may make it worse (See: "Showgirls")
Heh, I got (and kept in a garage) a Rhino... nifty toy.
Yeah, 'bout 10 years ago in San Diego... He ultimately high-centered on a K-Rail on the freeway, got stuck, and a cop popped the hatch and shot him.
...when we need him?
'bout 2 minutes, I expect.
Or perhaps, It appears you are about to crash your car. Goodbye!
Hmm. Have you considered (seriously, this is not a flame) that you may be reading too much into the earlier post? I understand that whenever an american is non-positive about another country, it's easy to call racism, but it's kinda dicey in this case.
Yeah, that, was, a, bit, excessive, eh?
I'd say that this is more reasonable... given that the major gripe about piracy is that it is theft... and you can't steal what isn't available... sounds ok to me.
I'm with you on allowing/not killing file sharing. As long as the band chooses to release their music, why not?
My bad, his name is spelled Jim Breuer
You might like the comedian Jim Brewer. He does some music comedy, and was on the "MTV Icon" show awhile back, imitating James singing "If you're happy and you know it".
I also heard him doing KISS featuring Hetfield doing "The Hokey Pokie"... funny shit.
Ah. I've always felt that they were in the right. The 'sued their own fans' claim is usually incorrectly cited and overblown.
Of course, I don't steal music, so I wasn't offended. I do not buy the 'mp3s encourage sales' BS, I was in school at the time and _know_ that most folks were stealing with no intention to buy.
I am kinda surprised that the slashdot crowd is so vehement about this. We want control of software we write, including control to give it away. This is all Metallica was trying to do.
I'd imagine it has a lot to do with the idea of "I am entitled to whatever I want", which I think is BS. It's probably a matter of age though. Few 50 year olds were stealing mp3s.
Oh well, I still like the boys, and will continue to buy the music as long as it is good.
What's the connection? Not giving you shit, I don't know what you're getting at.
I also liked the touch of releasing, a few days before the CD, the live versions of the songs from DVD, onto the web.
There was a 'scavenger hunt' so you had to find the songs, but it wasn't hard, and you got to sample the music before buying.
I'm curious how the thiev... er, posters will respond to this...
Those bastards! They tried not to get stolen from!
Yeah, I'm stalling. I already have 2 editions of that at home, starting to feel dumb having the 'same' book on the shelf over and over.
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