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more about #fairuse MacAttack7388: So wait, CD ripping software, like iTunes is legal, but DVD ripping is not? Seems to me like the motion picture industry has better lobbyists. Oh, th... more » Kaiser-Machead: Yeah? Well osculate with my posterior, douchebiscuit. Unless a more convenient, legal and less restrictive means to have my library exist as a collect... more » Intelext: I don't see what the problem is with dvd copying software. I bought the cd and thus it is my property and i can do whatever i want with it, i don't se... more » rcast1986: Well fuck that. more » Justin Paulson: This is not a great precedence....What about when the same thing is rolled out to CD copying. Will iTunes be illegal? Will MP3 players? This is bas... more » OCEntertainment: So, let me get this straight.....it could very easily (and in light of the CD situation, incredibly likely) be that making DVD backup copies is legal ... more » StupidSimple: So netflix doesn't rip the streaming movie content? Is there a mex..(insert cheap labor man here) putting a dvd in a player on the other side every ti... more » weatherman: I hope Real appeals this as far as they can. It's absurd to me that the court would find permissible fair use for DVD copying while at the same time r... more » Monty: Seriously, do we want to have a definitive answer to this question? As it stands now, we are all playing on the darker side of this judicial swimming... more » Hectorvex: Another clear message set forth from a legal perspective on the strange and wonderful laws surrounding the distribution of copyrighted material. The m... more » craig_16: If you buy a DVD, are you still breaking the law if you then go on to torrent that film so you can put it on your media player? Only reason I'm saying... more » something_unique_and_descriptive: [conspiracy] Perhaps Mr. Obama is more tech savvy than we gave him credit for and all of this (the RIAA lawyers, the wrong region DVDs, the iffyness o... more » badhatharry: _from=PL&index=1 more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Once again, I called this before it happened:[i.gizmodo.com] Hopefully he didn't make the mistake he did with Brown(sent him NTSC Region 1 DVD to Engl... more » strider_mt2k: Can't sleep... Clown'll eat me... more » sharkync: NOTHING the Messiah does can/is/will forever be illegal. more » Gann: So our president has admitted smoking marijuana, and now illegally distributes digital copies of music. If only he would fight politically for what a... more » redking31591: So can the queen even use an ipod? more » vladdybear: Ummm, you can export any movie from iMovie into iTunes. Don't start myths that you have to buy content only on iTunes for iPod. more » Hello Mister Walrus: I heard that it came uploaded with a DVD-ripped video called "Buckets of C*m". more » -
#dvds
Apparently, DVD Copying Software Is Illegal
Ruling against the RealNetworks in the trial of sooo last century, a federal judge said that it was illegal to sell or make DVD copying software under the DMCA. But what about actually ripping DVDs yourself? More » -
#ipod
Obama's iPod Gift to Queen Elizabeth II Is Tainted
The iPod that Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II loaded with show tunes might have been lame and declasse for another reason: It's possibly illegal! More » -
