AstroDroid
06-15-2004, 11:57 PM
I've been thinking this ever since my copies of Lord of the Rings extended editions have gotten scratched up from overuse. Some chapters have become unviewable unfortunately, which got me to thinking about the copyright on it.
They sold me the copyright on their movies, Do they control the medium on which I view the movie? And even if they do, shouldn't the medium be guaranteed for a certain length of time. And once sold if my medium is defective, shouldn't I be enititled as an licensee of the copyright to a copy of the material on the medium I purcased it on for a minimal fee? Shouldn't I have a way to make a useable backup copy of the disk to use so that I can keep the original in good condition? If they are so worried about the securtiy and venrability of their products to copying, why have they not come up with a way to make the backup copy for myself, sell it to me and thereby make even more money. Or have someplace I can re-order the discs from for a nominal fee? Why don't they create the technology to put the dvd on my hard drive so I can leave the disks at home while I travel around. Seems like lost revenue for them.
In order to fix my dvd I have to take it to a specialty shop that does that kind of thing, or purchase an entire new copy of the dvds. Which now I will now own 2 copyrights to the material.
What gets me is that the copyright owners (you know who they are) are saying they loose so much money per year on pirated software, however they have no way to verify that every copyright that they have sold is actually still owned and in usable condition by those people who have it. Think of all the records that were made and sold, then people bought tapes, then they purchased cd's. Someone tell me that every copyright that is sold doesn't amount to more than the number of people who use the copyrighted material.
The copyrighters don't have you sign your name as a licensee of the material and that it's non-transferable, etc. They don't have a clue about who actually owns their products. So here I am, I used to own a copy of a song 20 years ago, I head to Kazaa and download the same song to my hard drive. How do they know that I don't own a copyright to the song? I have no proof because I trashed the record years ago. The receipts are long gone.
At least in the software world they try to keep track. They assign you a license number, and sometimes you have to call in to enable the product. Most places will send you another disk for a small fee. Besides, who uses the original disks in a workplace environment, all of the disks are copies and the originals are stored safely away so that when the copies go bad, a new copy can be made and work can continue.
I feel I've vented enough. This has likely all been gone over in courts and probably in this forum, but now I feel better, especially with the thought of suing the copyrighters for selling me defective products that don't hold up to normal wear and tear.
They sold me the copyright on their movies, Do they control the medium on which I view the movie? And even if they do, shouldn't the medium be guaranteed for a certain length of time. And once sold if my medium is defective, shouldn't I be enititled as an licensee of the copyright to a copy of the material on the medium I purcased it on for a minimal fee? Shouldn't I have a way to make a useable backup copy of the disk to use so that I can keep the original in good condition? If they are so worried about the securtiy and venrability of their products to copying, why have they not come up with a way to make the backup copy for myself, sell it to me and thereby make even more money. Or have someplace I can re-order the discs from for a nominal fee? Why don't they create the technology to put the dvd on my hard drive so I can leave the disks at home while I travel around. Seems like lost revenue for them.
In order to fix my dvd I have to take it to a specialty shop that does that kind of thing, or purchase an entire new copy of the dvds. Which now I will now own 2 copyrights to the material.
What gets me is that the copyright owners (you know who they are) are saying they loose so much money per year on pirated software, however they have no way to verify that every copyright that they have sold is actually still owned and in usable condition by those people who have it. Think of all the records that were made and sold, then people bought tapes, then they purchased cd's. Someone tell me that every copyright that is sold doesn't amount to more than the number of people who use the copyrighted material.
The copyrighters don't have you sign your name as a licensee of the material and that it's non-transferable, etc. They don't have a clue about who actually owns their products. So here I am, I used to own a copy of a song 20 years ago, I head to Kazaa and download the same song to my hard drive. How do they know that I don't own a copyright to the song? I have no proof because I trashed the record years ago. The receipts are long gone.
At least in the software world they try to keep track. They assign you a license number, and sometimes you have to call in to enable the product. Most places will send you another disk for a small fee. Besides, who uses the original disks in a workplace environment, all of the disks are copies and the originals are stored safely away so that when the copies go bad, a new copy can be made and work can continue.
I feel I've vented enough. This has likely all been gone over in courts and probably in this forum, but now I feel better, especially with the thought of suing the copyrighters for selling me defective products that don't hold up to normal wear and tear.