The thing is, they don't mention that. Stores don't advertise that you are pretty much siging a contract. The tiny print here does nothing. It's certainly not going to stop me from putting a movie onto my HTPC's hard drive...
At the end of the day, the average consumer thinks they are purchasing the actual disk, and could give a rats ass what some big corporation says you can do with it. People will find a way, and it's time for the MPAA to start going after the real issues, instead of screwing over the consumers with restrictive DRM and rules. I don't think it's a matter of hollywood losing money to pirating anymore. It's a matter of hollywood failing to adapt to what consumers want, and instead forcing those consumers to do what they want...
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Keith Benedict @ Apr 16th 2007 11:45PM
By purchasing protected content, you are agreeing to not copy the protected content.
There are almost ALWAYS use limits on items you purchase. For example, you can't drive 150 MPH in your sports car, even if I can do 150 MPH.
SickNic @ Apr 17th 2007 2:30AM
The thing is, they don't mention that. Stores don't advertise that you are pretty much siging a contract. The tiny print here does nothing. It's certainly not going to stop me from putting a movie onto my HTPC's hard drive...
At the end of the day, the average consumer thinks they are purchasing the actual disk, and could give a rats ass what some big corporation says you can do with it. People will find a way, and it's time for the MPAA to start going after the real issues, instead of screwing over the consumers with restrictive DRM and rules. I don't think it's a matter of hollywood losing money to pirating anymore. It's a matter of hollywood failing to adapt to what consumers want, and instead forcing those consumers to do what they want...