# I don't know who's fault this is, but I'm sure as Hell pitting them. (DVD Rant) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-whos-fault-this-is-but-im-sure-as-hell-pitting-them-dvd-rant/346058 "2006-02-25T10:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-whos-fault-this-is-but-im-sure-as-hell-pitting-them-dvd-rant/346058/41 "2006-02-28T13:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **Bricker** said: > In other words, you hold up making copies under fair use as “legally entitled,” but you dismiss the legal limits imposed by the DMCA. Why is are the “fair use” provisions valid law but the DMCA an invalid law? If you notice, I never said DMCA. I said that the MPAA and the RIAA are trying to make an end-run around fair use copying by individuals who are making backups of DVDs and CDs that they purchased. They do this by attempting to use various software devices to make copying impossible, which of course they find only marginally successful. The RIAA and MPAA have a dying business model, and continue to further alienate their customers every day. If you want to get into the DMCA, it’s a very poorly written law in which the RIAA and MPAA attempt to get by force what they have been unable to get in any other way - more money from consumers who grow increasingly disgusted with the business practices of big-film and big-music. They don’t want you to transfer the CD that you purchased to your iAudio, at least not anymore, because they’d prefer you go ahead and purchase the songs again in mp3 format. They don’t want you copying a DVD over to your iAudio to watch on the road, because they’d much rather strong-arm you into purchasing the exact same content in a new format. This is despite what they’ve said in the past about the price of CDs and DVDs being mostly a ‘license fee’ to view or listen to the material contained on the media, and a very small cost for the actual media itself. The RIAA and the MPAA want to eat their cake and have it too, which they have lately been able to do only through the fact that they have money to lobby for laws that support their pocketbooks. They have the lobby money not because their business is booming, but because they sue grandmothers and children who can’t defend themselves and instead wind up paying settlements to the RIAA or the MPAA. IMO, as of today, the RIAA and MPAA are no longer in the music or movie business, they’re in the lawsuit business. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-whos-fault-this-is-but-im-sure-as-hell-pitting-them-dvd-rant/346058/42 "2006-03-01T04:20:02Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > What if I own the royalties? Let’s say that you hadn’t told me about the flag on the CDs. Let’s further say that I start a band Doc Cathode And The Atomic Supermen. After some time on the local circuit, we put together a debut album “Pepper In God’s Lo Mein”. Demand is very high. We buy a stand alone burner to keep up with the demand. We then find that we, who wrote and performed all the music ourselves, cannot make copies without buying special disks which include a surcharge intended to provide royalties to the copyright holders- us. In that case, you should probably contact the [AARC](http://www.riaa.com/issues%5Clicensing%5Caarc.asp) to get your share of the royalties. ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-whos-fault-this-is-but-im-sure-as-hell-pitting-them-dvd-rant/346058/43 "2006-03-01T21:48:36Z")
If you’re looking for really good burning utilities you can get legally and free type doom9 into google and follow the first link. They have everything you could ever need. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-whos-fault-this-is-but-im-sure-as-hell-pitting-them-dvd-rant/346058/44 "2006-03-04T05:07:13Z")
Personally, I think Dvdshrink is a better program, but to each his own. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-whos-fault-this-is-but-im-sure-as-hell-pitting-them-dvd-rant/346058.md?page=2)