Backing up HD DVD, Blu-ray Discs May Become Legal.

[dennilfloss]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/2007052...2212;_ylt=AjEU4veHDlOQdmCDiJAvNMwjtBAF

Now that sounds like a nice compromise to allow fair use.

 

[Acanthus]

I would be incredibly happy with this move, however, i would make backups whether they told me i was allowed to or not.

 

[Alone]

Who knows why it took this long...

 

[jpeyton]

Copying them the illegal way will probably be a lot easier than jumping through whatever loopholes the MPAA invents for fair-use copying.

 

[Alone]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Copying them the illegal way will probably be a lot easier than jumping through whatever loopholes the MPAA invents for fair-use copying.

 

[mrrman]

once the 25 and 50 gig media is out...its fair game

 

[Phokus]

If they allow backups, then the terrorists win.

 

[mlm]

Having a PSP-compatible backup (as rumored) would be cool, but those discs are getting way too big for complete backups.

From what I've seen people say though, it's REALLY hard to mess up those Blu-Ray discs.

 

[RaiderJ]

The idea is that the content companies could charge a premium according to how many copies are allowed, Ayers said. It remains a possibility that consumers, if given the chance to make three copies of "Spider-man 2" could give those copies to their neighbors, which technically would qualify as low-volume piracy.

But AACS LA believes that movie studios will see higher sales with the managed copy option, even with the chance it could be abused, Ayers said. "Studios will have to take that into account when they select pricing," Ayers said.

There you go. It'll fail.

Content companies are so stupid. Anyone who is tech-savvy enough to figure out how to use managed copies will just get the content for free elsewhere.

You can already get 720p/1080p h.264 movies on the newsgroups.

 

[mwtgg]

They just don't get it.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Phokus
If they allow backups, then the terrorists win.

You misspelled "tersts".

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: Phokus
If they allow backups, then the terrorists win.

I miss your old signature.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: foghorn67

Originally posted by: Phokus
If they allow backups, then the terrorists win.

I miss your old signature.

O'Rly? i do too ^_^