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Oppsss.... looks like you can't escape afterall.

From USA Today:

Technology and the Law - DVD-hacking acquittal appealed
Creator of DVD descrambling software headed back to court.
https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpoli...vd-appeal_x.htm

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:spock: What do you think about MP3s? Should you pay for it, or should it be a free download? Recently, some courts said, 'it should be free', suprising huh? Maybe the judge makes his regular downloads too?

From CNN:

HACKERS HAVE FUN WITH MADONNA DECOY

Anyone who thinks they can control the Internet received an object lesson
during the past week.It all started when Madonna literally lent her voice to a
popular antipiracy technique. Warner Music Group had audio files purporting to
be her new songs uploaded onto peer-to-peer file-sharing services. Anyone who
downloaded the decoys, however, heard nothing but the pop star swearing at
them.
https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/04/2...reut/index.html

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What a good idea, but I hope it does not self-destruct while in the player, because then that could get messy.

From CNN:

DISNEY TO RENT 'SELF-DESTRUCTING' DVDS

This disc will self-destruct in 48 hours. That is the warning The Walt Disney
Co. will issue this August when it begins to "rent" DVDs that after two days
become unplayable and do not have to be returned. Disney said the discs will
be available in August in select markets with recent releases including "The
Recruit," "The Hot Chick," and "Signs."

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Yeah, i like some kinds of piracy, the ones that allow you to get movies before they are in theatres and music before it comes out.  I don't like when people profit off of it though.  Like i've got alot of my computer programs...for free off the internet.  I don't make money with them however.  I just use them for fun.

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Quote: "Stealing other peoples work for your own profit is not only illegal - it's pathetic and can only be done by narrow minded and humanly small people. "



OK, I have heard people here say no copying for your profit, another person said they download software for their "own personal enjoyment"

This is my opinion: if I like a friends copy of "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy, I take and read it. He is deprived of it for the time it takes for me to read it. I could copy it for my own use (take hours and probably cost more in time and material than the cost of the book but that is not the point here) but copying it is illegal, even if it is for my own use. When I am done with the book, I return it to my friend so he can enjoy it again if he wishes. If I want to enjoy it again, I would either need to deprive him of his copy again or I would just buy it. I think the same is for software, DVD/VHS  movies, or Moody Blues CD. My friends are amazed that my computer has zero copied software and that I can produce receipts for every application.

There are gray areas that I haven't resolved. 1) if I watch a movie on Turner Classics, is it OK to record it on VHS? 2) Is it OK to record a favorite song on a radio program and burn it to CD for later listening?

Any opinions?

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There are gray areas that I haven't resolved. 1) if I watch a movie on Turner Classics, is it OK to record it on VHS? 2) Is it OK to record a favorite song on a radio program and burn it to CD for later listening?

You may wish to take that question to the entertainment board. I believe there is a thread about it there. Software is handled differently to music and movies in most cases because software can be distributed under different banners; freeware, shareware, GNP, public domain, commercial, etc.
[offtopic]To quote you may wish to use the appropriate tag. See the welcome board and a thread with the same name in the sticky section. [/offtopic]

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So it seems that the threats that were made worked on some people, but I guess the real hard driven pirate will still be burning like nobodies business.

STUDY: MILLIONS DELETE ALL MUSIC FILES
More than a million households deleted all the digital music files they had
saved on their PCs in August, a sign that the record industry's anti-piracy
tactics are hitting home, research company NPD Group said.
https://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/11/0...reut/index.html

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It seems like it, but that 1 million homes is probably exaggerated alot.  I don't know one person who deleted all their mp3's.  They may have cut down on how much they download, but they still download.  I don't like the record industry, they sued some 12 year old girl for like $3000.  Where is she gonna get the money to pay for that?