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If someone mailed me their key along with a letter saying "I want you to go into my house and take my DVD of season 1 of the Sopranos and you can watch it at yo

by saghm 4y ago

If someone mailed me their key along with a letter saying "I want you to go into my house and take my DVD of season 1 of the Sopranos and you can watch it at your home for the next week, but then you have to throw it in the garbage", is it illegal for me to do what they say but then not throw it in the garbage?

freejazz 4y ago
Right, but that's not how the key is sent in this circumstance...
- saghm 4y ago
  The hypothetical I gave was meant to extent the previous one. My personal take on it is that it's not so much a door to someone else's property as a locked box mailed to you along with a key, and instructions that say you have to put the DVD back in the box as soon as you're done watching, and after a week you have to throw away the key.
  - freejazz 4y ago
    Weird - when I watch youtube videos, it doesn't say anything like that.
    - saghm 4y ago
      Since you're obviously used to taking everything absolutely literally, I'd suggest using a screen reader if you want to hear the terms and conditions said out loud. Otherwise, you have to read them.
GabeIsko 4y ago
At the end of the day, no matter what the analogy is, there is no logic-ing your way through this. The reality is that the RIAA lobbies to have laws that protect their intellectual property, even at the cost of consumer rights. The RIAA would make what you just said illegal if they could.
- saghm 4y ago
  Oh, I agree! I'm not saying what currently is considered legal or not, just what I think _should_ be legal or not. My argument isn't that the DMCA isn't enforceable, but that it's dumb.