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I expect if Real makes a good case, they'll still probably settle out of court with MPAA so it doesn't set any precedent that would be consumer-friendly.]]>Apr 27th 2009 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/
OK, there's the foggy area of ripping your Netflix queues, but I digress.]]>Apr 27th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/
Wow, I feel kinda dirty, but the fact remains that this can no longer go on. We need to come to some legal agreement. No one is using discs these days, cellphones, PMPs, netbooks, everything I watch multimedia on does not have an optical drive. We NEED a legal way to transcode things we buy to the devices that allow us to play back the content conveniently. We CAN do it, and we WILL do it illegally if need be, because the law in this case is just plain stupid.

Hopefully this case will bring out how dated the DMCA is and how it needs to go.]]>Apr 27th 2009 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/
Blah, as soon as these tight holes realize that people want to be able to do what they want with the content they've purchased, they'll be a lot better off. They're trying to fight time, and if they keep fighting, they'll find out they will be losing money.]]>Apr 27th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/Apr 27th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/27/realdvd-ripping-software-heads-to-court-fair-use-advocates-on-p/I am sure if they could they would want a small fee for every time you watched the DVD, fast forwarded/paused/etc any part of the movie.
My goals of copying the DVD is:
- just to get ride of all the crap at the start of the DVD that you typically can not fast forward through.
- My kids have actually licked the DVDs and chewed on them. I need back-ups!
- I like to take movies on Vacation an older laptop with 25 burnt movies makes it a lot easier and less risk of losing a DVD here and there. HELL I have burnt movies to the Ipod and connect it up the in car entertainment system so could keep the kids amused (with out driving and fumbling for DVDs).
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If all music becomes free, people will still make music. The same is not true of movies, which require huge capital investment. So cut these guys some slack.

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