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Industry deal set on allowing limited DVD copying
by Laughing Boy at 11:53 pm EDT, Jul 14, 2004 |
] A group of media and
] technology companies including Microsoft and Walt Disney
] have agreed in principle to allow consumers to make legal
] backup copies of next-generation video discs and share
] their content on portable devices.
]
] The group, which also includes International Business
] Machines, Intel, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Time
] Warner's Warner Bros., will not have any technology to
] license until the end of the year.
]
] But the announcement, released late Tuesday, marks a
] shift in the way the movie industry has reacted to the
] threat of online piracy of its films. WOW! The industry is FINALLY coming to grips with the whole fair use concept and the fact that consumers have a RIGHT to legal archival copies of their media. -LB |
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RE: Industry deal set on allowing limited DVD copying
by Abaddon at 11:01 am EDT, Jul 15, 2004 |
Laughing Boy wrote:
] ] A group of media and
] ] technology companies including Microsoft and Walt Disney
] ] have agreed in principle to allow consumers to make legal
] ] backup copies of next-generation video discs and share
] ] their content on portable devices.
] ]
] ] The group, which also includes International Business
] ] Machines, Intel, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Time
] ] Warner's Warner Bros., will not have any technology to
] ] license until the end of the year.
] ]
] ] But the announcement, released late Tuesday, marks a
] ] shift in the way the movie industry has reacted to the
] ] threat of online piracy of its films.
]
] WOW! The industry is FINALLY coming to grips with the whole
] fair use concept and the fact that consumers have a RIGHT to
] legal archival copies of their media. -LB as to the asserted right to make backup copies, my understanding was that this only applies to software...it would be nice to have some fair use access though... --Abaddon (posting from my phone no less) |
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Industry deal set on allowing limited DVD copying
by k at 10:07 am EDT, Aug 19, 2004 |
] A group of media and
] technology companies including Microsoft and Walt Disney
] have agreed in principle to allow consumers to make legal
] backup copies of next-generation video discs and share
] their content on portable devices.
]
] The group, which also includes International Business
] Machines, Intel, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Time
] Warner's Warner Bros., will not have any technology to
] license until the end of the year.
]
] But the announcement, released late Tuesday, marks a
] shift in the way the movie industry has reacted to the
] threat of online piracy of its films. WOW! The industry is FINALLY coming to grips with the whole fair use concept and the fact that consumers have a RIGHT to legal archival copies of their media. -LB [ I'll believe it when i see it. They're gonna have super restrictive DRM all over this crap, i guaranfuckingtee. -k] |
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