[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Rirath

Lol, thanks for the 3rd option, was a nice laugh. :lol: (Not that I used it!)

From now on all our polls will have a thrid, completely lame option for people who don't like the way we do polls, people who feel we missed an important option, and for people who always have to be "different". :lol:

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Rirath

Lol, thanks for the 3rd option, was a nice laugh. :lol: (Not that I used it!)

From now on all our polls will have a thrid, completely lame option for people who don't like the way we do polls, people who feel we missed an important option, and for people who always have to be "different". :lol:

[Janak Parekh]

I found this quote interesting:

Sedlock says it hopes the MPAA's legal action leads to a more open conversation between 321 Studios and the MPAA.

One thing I find annoying about all this is that the RIAA/MPAA are interested in filing lawsuits as appropriate, but when people actually contact them to avoid going afoul of the copyright/DMCA issues, they get the runaround. I've seen various people post on bulletin boards about their difficulty in starting up an indie-like Internet radio station, and wanting to find out what they can or cannot do from the RIAA.

In any case, I think 321 Studios was expecting this.

--janak

[JonnoB]

I believe that in many cases, people who copy material, do so unethically/illegally. But as bad are those who take copyright concerns so far as to restrict legal uses of such software. That is too big brother for me.

[TomB]

As a filmmaker, I think it is OK to try and protect your property from abuse. Let's face it, the 10 million trades a month on Napster last year had nothing to do with legal and ethical use of other people's work. On the other hand, I think studios are creating the problem by not releasing their content in formats people want to use. Hey, if you could buy or rent a PPC copy of your favorite film instead of having to spend a day ripping and transcoding it, most people would go for the easy and legal way out...

[karen]

Originally Posted by TomB

On the other hand, I think studios are creating the problem by not releasing their content in formats people want to use. Hey, if you could buy or rent a PPC copy of your favorite film instead of having to spend a day ripping and transcoding it, most people would go for the easy and legal way out...

Not only that, but if the adjusted prices to reflect the fact that they have taken away my legal rights to fair use, I'd be happy to live with their draconian legislation. If DVDs cost only 5 bucks each, I wouldn't need to back them up (at least most of them). If my mega-buck enterprise software had a fast and easy way to replace defective media, I could live with it.

But try replacing a defective DVD move after 6 months or replacing $150,000 software disks and you'll see that they are asking too much.

The same goes for ebooks and other works.

They can't have their cake and eat it too and make me happy about it.

Karen

[Jonathon Watkins]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

From now on all our polls will have a thrid, completely lame option for people who don't like the way we do polls, people who feel we missed an important option, and for people who always have to be "different". :lol:

Good idea. Takes the pressure off when people want to be silly.