Copying HD DVD, Blu-ray Discs May Become Legal

Consumers could soon be able to make several legal copies of movies bought on HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc under a new licensing agreement now being negotiated. Rights holders might charge more for discs that can be copied for backup or for use on a media server, however.

Heh

[faloi]

"Since you guys keep cracking our DRM schemes, we're going to be really nice and grant you fair use rights for the stuff you're paying for. See how cool we are!?"

Pay more?

[pipatron]

Pay more? For our right to read the information you have bought for that specific purpose? Thanks!!!

Re:Heh

[FredDC]

Yea, I'm definitely tempted to write them a little thank you note!

Re:Heh

[Lord Apathy]

Yea, I'm definitely tempted to write them a little thank you note!

Yeah, same here. I'm tempted to write it with my ass, in a box. Then mail it to them. Feces package anyone?

"rights holder"?

[ruiner13]

Funny, the last time I bought a DVD, I didn't have to sign anything that gave them any rights to my purchase. There was no EULA, there weren't even any signs at best buy saying what rights I had versus them. If it isn't explicitly listed BEFORE I buy it, I assume that I have full rights to do whatever I want with it, even make a frisbee out of it and throw it at the MPAA members.

Dear Sir/Madame...

[Anonymous Coward]

In light of the recent lopping off of one of our limbs, we hereby voluntarily agree to withhold one of our limbs from the battle, prefering instead to keep it in reserve as a statement of our good will. However, we still remain firm on our refusal to grant you unrestricted passage across this bridge that you claim to have recently purchased, and, furthermore, we demand that you refrain from lopping off our other limbs, as this would constitute a clear violation of the law.

-- The Black Knight
CEO, AACS Inc.

Re: Sharks

[andrewd18]

Well, simple until armies of law school trained sharks start trying to convince you otherwise.

I had to forgo my rights! The frickin' law school sharks had frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!

Re:The obvious problem...

[ConfusedVorlon]

is that the source of the infamous playground chant

'Neenah Neenah...'

?

Re:The obvious problem...

[Anonymous Coward]

I did do that. In fact I called the distributor directly in effort to try to exchange the delaminated DVD (obvious manufacturing defect). They refused, saying they do not warranty the products (Really! The attorney general would say something different about that. NOTHING is sold as-is in this state), but I could buy another copy.

So I did. Then I ripped it and posted a torrent of the ISO. Several hundred people downloaded it. I got vengeance on them. Thank you, thepiratebay.org, for offering a convenient .torrent hosting service.

Full .iso, NOT recompressed, included all extra features, such as commentaries, deleted scenes, and so forth.

Next time I will scan in the jacket and CD label. I didn't think of it at the time.

Your loss, major MPAA member. Suck my left tit.

Re:The obvious problem...

[networkBoy]

I'll be turning in my google-fu badge shortly.
-nB