Comments on: MPAA argues in RealDVD courtroom that copying DVDs is illegal under the DMCA

By: Morin

Morin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:56:09 +0000

They should care to minimize piracy and abuse of the system instead of wasting time for nothing

By: Copying DVDs

Copying DVDs — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:49:51 +0000

Copying DVDs is legal as long as there are no copy protection mechanisms circumvented.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:58:58 +0000

Jordan, As weatherman points out the interest of the MPAA in challenging REALDVD is not to eradicate piracy (they have already lost that battle). Rather, movie producers (not just “Hollywood”) want to control how people access their content so they can charge for new models of distribution and technologies. By hiding behind the anti-circumvention technology protection clause of the DMCA, this also has the potential to limit people’s creative expression by limiting use of media for “remixing” and the like. That is why this case is so critical.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:54:40 +0000

MPAA is wasting their time. Piracy, just like terrorism, will never be eradicated. It can be minimized through smart business practices, but it will always exist.

Even if they win this trial… even if they win every single trial, piracy will still exist.

By: weatherman

weatherman — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:19:30 +0000

MPAA’s in a bit of a bind here; they have to argue against ANY fair-use rights that would allow for copying, otherwise it won’t matter that the movie would be played back in only certain circumstances, only in particular player, only on a particular device, not burned, etc. Once that fair-use argument is lost, it’s all downhill from there.

Of course, MPAA should lose this, but I’m just explaining why they’re arguing what they are.