9 Sep
2002
9 Sep
'02
6:12 a.m.
James E. LaBarre wrote:
Posessing a decoder not "authorized" by the
MPAA
so that you can watch your *own property* on some OS which the MPAA &
friends felt was beneath their dignity to port to should /not/ be a
crime.
Finally! Someone who shares my opinion :-)
I'm not buying a DVDROM for my PC due to region coding - if I want to buy a
DVD in the 'States to watch here in the UK, I'll go ahead and do it.
The only reason I even have a DVD player is because we
were
given one for Christmas. I certainly will not be going hog-wild
buying DVDs for home.
The only reason I'm even thinking of buying a DVD player
is the fact that
some of them (particularly one made by Mustek) can play CDRs, CDRWs,
VideoCDs, Super VideoCDs, etc. Screw DVDs. I'm keeping my Sharp VC-A45HM
video recorder and no-one is going to stop me.
The RIAA are pulling the same sort of crap too. All
that legislation
they're trying to get passed not only screws the ordinary consumer
simply trying to make optimum use of the MPAA's overpriced product,
but is an effort to subsidize themselves and drive the independent
labels & artists out of business at the same time.
My thoughts exactly.
Later.
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Phil.
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