@jonnythan Said I agree. It's extremely silly. But it's a law that was enacted by our government because a big business told them to.
That's why it's so important that people understand this law. It is literally our own government acting in the best interests of a business at the extreme detriment of the citizens. It's the government being hostile to the people.
I don't want to turn this into a political rant or anything, but the reason there hasn't been public outcry is because so few people have any clue what the DMCA is. If more people understand how ridiculous it is for our own government to be beholden to corporations instead of the people, that's our only hope of being able to rip music and movies in the future.
It's currently
criminal to watch a DVD on your iPod. It's a f***ing
felony. That's absurd, and it's something your federal government did to you. I just want to make sure you understand that
Basically it's a contradiction. Quite rightly the industry argues that it's not the physical disk that has value, but the intellectual property thereon. Ergo although piracy does not deny anyone their physical property, it does deny them the right of recompense for their intellectual property.
This law restricts cross-format copying of a person who has already purchased the right to the intellectual property. i.e. if you own it on DVD, but want it on your iPod, you are supposed to pay for the download also. If you have it on DVD, but want it on VHS (does anyone still use it?), you have to buy the video too. So now importance is being placed on paying for the actual physical media, as opposed to the right to use the intellectual property.
Sep 06, 2007 @ 14:26:56
Reading that just made me laugh when I thought about it. And you're 100% right, it's absurd.
