Morty
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join:2004-09-18
| reply to triggz
Re: Comcast is spying on me!
Actually, that wouldn't be Comcast spying on you, that would be the Music and Movie industry under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
"think they have the right to assume I don't have this DVD in my personal collection already"
They do, just as anyone does. Personally I don't think you do have this movie in your movie collection. Can you scan a copy of the case/take a picture of it and show proof of this? I'd just have to say that the majority of the movies downloaded online, are not downloaded by existing owners looking for backups, rather people looking to steal a copy. So the odds say.... |
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DMS1
join:2005-04-06
Carrollton, TX
| said by Morty  :Personally I don't think you do have this movie in your movie collection. Actually, he could have the original because, if you read the notice he got, he was not downloading it but rather sharing it. |
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MrBradTX
join:2001-05-23
Carrollton, TX
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| said by DMS1 :said by Morty :Personally I don't think you do have this movie in your movie collection. Actually, he could have the original because, if you read the notice he got, he was not downloading it but rather sharing it. And, as I learned in Business Law in college a long, long time ago, you can't sell or give away something you don't own. Having a copy of a movie doesn't give you ownership of the moviel; it gives you a perpetual license to view the movie for personal non-commercial use. |
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dallas
join:2001-01-03
Oakley, CA
| said by MrBradTX :said by DMS1 :said by Morty :Personally I don't think you do have this movie in your movie collection. Actually, he could have the original because, if you read the notice he got, he was not downloading it but rather sharing it. And, as I learned in Business Law in college a long, long time ago, you can't sell or give away something you don't own. Having a copy of a movie doesn't give you ownership of the moviel; it gives you a perpetual license to view the movie for personal non-commercial use. Can't any clearer than that...
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tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
| reply to DMS1
said by DMS1 :said by Morty :Personally I don't think you do have this movie in your movie collection. Actually, he could have the original because, if you read the notice he got, he was not downloading it but rather sharing it. Which would be even worse.
if Receiving stolen goods, it could be argued that you were unaware of the actual content.
Distributing the same, leaves no legal excuse.
Publicly complaining about being caught for knowingly distributing stolen property = Priceless is more likely to earn you a visit from the authorities (under direction of the MPAA) |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA
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said by dallas :Can't any clearer than that... Too bad it's false. Having a copy of a movie does not give you a perpetual license to view the movie for personal non-commercial use, though the copyright industry would like you to think that way. Rather, it gives you ownership of a copy of the movie. |
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MrBradTX
join:2001-05-23
Carrollton, TX
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by russotto :said by dallas :Can't any clearer than that... Too bad it's false. Having a copy of a movie does not give you a perpetual license to view the movie for personal non-commercial use, though the copyright industry would like you to think that way. Rather, it gives you ownership of a copy of the movie. You own the physical media on which the movie is recorded. You do not own the movie itself.
If I buy a copy of the latest John Grisham novel, I own the paper and ink, but I do not own the story. |
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