To: MineralMan
What we are really talking about is a very small technical distinction that does not amount to a hill of beans. It is current law that I can buy a DVD and alter it for my own purposes. I can (or should be able to) buy a DVD and take it to someone who will alter if for me. Therefore, as a practical matter, there is no real distinction from allowing companies to do this service before I buy it, if the buyer wants to buy the DVD with the service already added to it.
All the scare tactics about someone putting something in a Bambi movie is ridiculous. However, if someone wants to add something to a Bambi movie and the buyer wants it put in, I don't see a problem with that.
At a very minimum, the law should allow a business to sanitize a DVD AFTER it has been purchased by a buyer, if the buyer pays the business for the service. I have not read one argument that has any merit for why that should not be allowed.
274 posted on
07/10/2006 10:42:06 AM PDT by
Hendrix
To: Hendrix
But that was not the case before this court, was it?
277 posted on
07/10/2006 10:43:43 AM PDT by
MineralMan
(non-evangelical atheist)
To: Hendrix
However, if someone wants to add something to a Bambi movie and the buyer wants it put in, I don't see a problem with that.
Really? This is part of the heart of copyright law. If you don't see a problem with this, I can see why you wouldn't have problems with outside sources "sanitizing" movies and distributing them.
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