__/ [ Peter Kai Jensen ] on Tuesday 03 April 2007 13:05 \__
>> People need to take care of these things. You are purchasing the
>> "ability to watch the video" - not a life long ownership of the movie
>> in question.
>
> And that is what the movie industry wants you to think, but fortunately
> neither them, nor you, make the laws (yet). You have rights, whether
> you want them or not.
It's the whole notion of 'expiry'. To studios, an ideal world would have
content expire, because it is no longer playable. John and Jane want to
watch one of the hundreds of DVDs they have got on the shelf, but apart from
the recent ones, none would play anymore. They go out to the shop and either
buy the same films again, or simply buy ones they haven't watched, rather
then 'reuse'. Same thing goes for hardware and software, in the _vendor's_
ideal world maximises spendings and increases waste...
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