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Originally Posted by nfotiu
A CD that doesn't give you rights to copy to an ipod may be a crappy product, as is a flames concourse only ticket. The solution in either case is to not buy the product, not to sneak into the game anyway, or download the songs illegally.
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(Disclaimer: general rant, not directed at you, nfotiu.)
DRM / digital locks in the music industry have mostly fizzled out, but all DVDs come with locks, region coding, etc. Breaking those locks for personal use would result in a lawsuit, even though you bought the DVD and are using it personally.
Of course, I'm referring to the proposed Canadian bill C-32, and that's admittedly veering off-topic from the original article. But, the media industries lobbying the government to do their dirty work is a common theme in both countries at the moment.
Downloading the movie for free isn't OK by any means, but neither is suing (or even having the power to sue) a paying customer who isn't pirating anything. That's what the future holds here in Canada. The industry claims that they need these protections, even though the only people it screws over is those who actually support the industry. Pirates will still pirate, but the poor sap could be taken to the cleaners for doing such evil things as buying a DVD and transferring it to another format for personal use.
I think that bill C-32 could be quite fair if the breaking of a digital lock was permitted for personal, educational, etc. use if there is no evidence or intention to distribute. Common sense. But the industry doesn't want that because they depend on you buying a new format every few years.
OK - I digress. Sorry for the rant. There's just something rotten happening between the industry and the government in Canada, and it bothers me a little. Obviously.
Edit: And, to preemptively slap my own wrist so the mods don't have to, there's a thread for discussing the Canadian implications:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=90719