| I disagree with BOTH sides. I really have a hard time with argument that sharing CDs and DVDs with hundreds of acquaintances at your college or millions of strangers on KaZaa is the same "fair use" as burning a copy to use in the car. Is that really any less extreme than the MPAA position (which they really haven't changed since before the BetaMax decision) that there is no such thing as "fair use"?
On the one hand, I am strongly opposed to GOVERNMENT-MANDATED copy protection which stifles innovation and protects the existing entertainment cartels. On the other hand, if Disney wants to treat me like a criminal by copy-protecting their movies they have both my blessing to do so and my promise to buy someone else's movies instead of theirs. I have no right to their movies, nor they to my money, except as mutually agreed. |
