Re: DVD copying and CSS
I wrote:
> But the publisher has lost the sale of a replacement CD, which is why
> they don't want you to do it (of course, if the CD only cost a buck or
> two you probably wouldn't).
Pigeon writes:
> But what happens if the CD (LP, cassette, DVD, whatever) in question is
> no longer published?
You are SOL. Note that the publisher might still have a financial interest
in preventing the production of copies as he may feel that they would
compete with his newer products. This is one of the defects of copyright:
it sometimes permits and encourages the suppression of works. The
excessive duration of copyright under current law makes this particularly
pernicious.
> Are the publishers to keep all titles available forever? (I think they
> should, I wish they would, but the trouble is, they don't...)
Better that the works fall into the public domain promptly after the
copyright holder has had a chance to make some money. Five years seems
plenty long enough to me (the original term in the US was 14 years).
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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