Re: DVD copying and CSS
Roberto Sanchez writes:
> Not only that, but most media (software, music, video) that you buy
> nowadays, says that you are not buying the content.
A redundant statement as the only sense in which you could be said to be
buying the content would be if you were buying the copyright, and you are
obviously not doing so.
> You are only receiving a license to use the content.
No. You are buying a piece of plastic, to use or dispose of as you wish.
Ignore the nonsense about a license. You don't need a license to use a
copy of a copyrighted work which you are in legal possession of.
> Under that rationale, if your media become damaged or stolen (and you can
> provide proof purchase), the publisher should replace them four only the
> cost of new media (e.g., $2 for a DVD, $.25 for a CD, and so on).
That would only be true if your contract (what the publishers call a
"license") with the seller required that.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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