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If i can't make copies of my DVD's then that means whenever I scratch my DVD and it is unrecoverable, the entity that shipped me a DVD must ship me a new one.

by maeon3 14y ago

If i can't make copies of my DVD's then that means whenever I scratch my DVD and it is unrecoverable, the entity that shipped me a DVD must ship me a new one. These cats want to be the gatekeepers of all data everywhere, I guess we can't stop them, the only thing we can do is stick a thorn in their foot so they have to limp along doing so. Makes me sick how a central authority thinks they get to make law on what my device can and can't do with data I own on it. The future of what you are looking at: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html

mathgladiator 14y ago
> "I own" That's the crux of it isn't it. Who says that just because you paid for something that you "own" it with the associated rights. We are migrating from ownership to licensee-ship. I used to be sick of all this "license" business, but then I realized that ownership is a dual-edge sword. Consider this, I don't buy dvds anymore. Instead, I'll wilfully pay $1.99 on either iTunes or Amazon. It all depends on how you look at it. One of my favorite movies is $14; that means that I would have to watch it eight times for ownership to be a rational decision. This is, of course, assuming that the total cost of ownership is $14. Consider: - Shipping ~ $2 - Moving Expenses ~ ($5 per 100) - Related Items ~ ($80 per 200) [bookshelf] - Storage Opportunity Cost ~ What could I have instead of this thing w.r.t to "Right to Read"; I believe that there will always be libraries and champions for education and "important things" to negate the bad side-effects of over-intrusive gate-keepers. The "trivial things" like music/movies will always have gate-keepers since those gate-keepers need to get a return of investment (which is their right).

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If i can't make copies of my DVD's then that means whenever I scratch my DVD and it is unrecoverable, the entity that shipped me a DVD must ship me a new one.

by maeon3 14y ago

mathgladiator 14y ago
> "I own" That's the crux of it isn't it. Who says that just because you paid for something that you "own" it with the associated rights. We are migrating from ownership to licensee-ship. I used to be sick of all this "license" business, but then I realized that ownership is a dual-edge sword. Consider this, I don't buy dvds anymore. Instead, I'll wilfully pay $1.99 on either iTunes or Amazon. It all depends on how you look at it. One of my favorite movies is $14; that means that I would have to watch it eight times for ownership to be a rational decision. This is, of course, assuming that the total cost of ownership is $14. Consider: - Shipping ~ $2 - Moving Expenses ~ ($5 per 100) - Related Items ~ ($80 per 200) [bookshelf] - Storage Opportunity Cost ~ What could I have instead of this thing w.r.t to "Right to Read"; I believe that there will always be libraries and champions for education and "important things" to negate the bad side-effects of over-intrusive gate-keepers. The "trivial things" like music/movies will always have gate-keepers since those gate-keepers need to get a return of investment (which is their right).