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P2p Shouldn't Be A Crime
join:2001-08-27
Lancaster, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| the greedy AA's and restrictions
To me today's verdict will just make those users such as myself who are totally against telling consumers how often and where we can play purchased content, want to share even more. If I purchase a song from say Napster, and later on I need to reload my system for whatever reason, guess what I can't back up my purchased files! Oh sure I have the files, but they'll never play on the new system. Not to mention you can't play them on other OS's such as Unix. If the RIAA and MPAA would offer a service without DRM many consumers would have no problem purchasing from them. But when they only give us DRM protected crap that severely restricts what the end consumer can do with their just purchased content, and when MPAA is suing folks like DVD decripter just because of the ability to make copies of DVD's regardless of reasoning for those copies being made, even if they're for backup use, and nothing more, that is just crazy in my books, and as I see it, the consumer will never ever have a say in rulings like this ever, and the ability to copy something should not be illegal! At least not when there's no financial gain from it. If the big greedy corporations want to keep their customers, they need to stop being so restrictive, and do something the consumer will like. The solution to all this is so easy, why do they have to sue any product even remotely capable of copying anything! I guess that's it then, today's ruling says if you produce p2p software, and it can send/receive files, you can now be sued! this is just sick! When will the consumer have a say in this nonsense again! |
