DVDs have rights
...ya know!
Throw fair use out the window. If a dvd dies (::sob:: Disc 2 of my Firefly set is getting there), I can't just make a copy. I have to spend another $40 to replace my much beloved copy of that wonderful Joss Whedon series.
But see, I've been a bad, bad woman. I've succesfully converted three people in the last week into Browncoats. They've come over to watch the series with me. I've also let friends borrow my set, and much converting has progressed from this point. Did I say borrow? Yes, I did. If I were to convert this to technological lingo, I could say it was filesharing. How do I know that the people that borrowed my box set didn't have the capacity to burn dvds? I was just sharing, and they loved it. Oh, and they did go and buy the Firefly dvds themselves, and Browncoats will eventually control the universe.
The point is, fair use leads to word of mouth and a whole lot of other goodies.
So, it's rather hysterical to read an article such as the one in today's "Wired" that basically says that future dvds and players will need my fingerprint before I can play them. Really, why not label all of us criminals all ready. Or better yet, the day the movie association accepts such a ludicrous drm scheme, that will be the day internet pirating will truely become a problem. It just won't work.
