BT, they will be, but you can work around it: [link]
Note that this almost surely violates the terms of something-or-other along the way, but these are tracks that you bought legally in the first place.
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amych - Nov 30, 2005 1:16:17 pm PST #5784 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
tommyrot - Nov 30, 2005 1:18:16 pm PST #5785 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think the courts have determined that you can legally use circumvention technology to get access to stuff you bought. It's just illegal to publicize such circumvention technology.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2005 1:20:25 pm PST #5786 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait, so amych's the bad guy in this scenario? It's a harsh world.
amych - Nov 30, 2005 1:22:52 pm PST #5787 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Huh. And here I thought the cat was the evil one in this house.
And Tommyrot, that's good to hear -- one of my big philosophical issues with DRM as it's usually implemented is that it's gotten so normal to limit legal owners' access to their stuff in the name of keeping other people from doing something illegal with it.
billytea - Nov 30, 2005 1:22:59 pm PST #5788 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Thanks amych, and I admire your courage in getting the word out in a harsh world.
Wolfram - Nov 30, 2005 1:23:21 pm PST #5789 of 10003
Visilurking
If my 3 year old just snapped my Princess Bride DVD, do I have the right to copy someone else's or do I have to buy it all over again?
I had no idea a 3 year old could snap a DVD.
NoiseDesign - Nov 30, 2005 1:25:20 pm PST #5790 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
According to one law you have the right to make a backup of that DVD. According to another law it's illeagle to circumvent the copy protection on the DVD to make that backup that you're entitled to make.
Catch-22 much?
Wolfram - Nov 30, 2005 1:27:37 pm PST #5791 of 10003
Visilurking
But can I make a backup of a DVD after it's been destroyed? Like retroactively?
Lee - Nov 30, 2005 1:35:37 pm PST #5792 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Does anyone know of a good guide/description to what ethernet routers and switches are/do that might be good for a non-tech savy lawyer?
DCJensen - Nov 30, 2005 3:10:17 pm PST #5793 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
But can I make a backup of a DVD after it's been destroyed? Like retroactively?
Inconceivable!