ok my friend told me about netflix and how cool it is but one thing that he told me is that when he gets his rentals he does this and quote "MCE refuses to play DVD’s on a HDTV in 1080i mode, because of the stupid Macrovision protection. So I rip them, rip the useless stuff out of it, watch the movie, and delete them" so in fact my friend has no choice but to rip them and im concerned because to myself im thinking wont he get in trouble for that and is THERE A WAY FOR NETFLIX TO KNOW THAT HE IS RIPPING THEM OF. and another thing he is not using it for monetary gain.
ALSO I FOUND THIS ON THE INTERNET
quote "I know it cannot be legal to copy rented DVD’s but I cannot find any clear cut info on this on the internet. Can you point me in the right direction? I know a lady who makes copies of close to 30-40 movies a month rented through Netflix and Blockbuster and she claims this is legal because she pays 18 bucks a month per service and she isn’t selling them so it is fair use. Can you let me know what the deal on this issue is?"
AND one of the answers was
Let’s put it this way. Nobody has been sued, successfully, for copying rentals or movies they actually own. Unless you make the dumb mistake of returning a copy in your Netflix envelope, it’s unlikely they’ll know. Or if you get 8 DVDs and return all the same day.
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VeraWoo says
You know that security warning at the beginning of every single movie you watch? What do you think that is there for, to take up scene time???? If you read that warning it explains that if you copy this disk you can get up to a $500,000 fine and/or 5 years in jail. If you have the internet or XBOX live (or any other game console) you can watch Netflix on your TV or computer.
Here I got this on the web…
Trade groups representing movie, game and music publishers announced today that all new CDs, DVDs and games sold in the United States will shortly feature an FBI warning label warning about serious consequences that unauthorized copying might cause to the person violating copyright laws.
The label will replace the old variety of labels already shown in most of the media products and will also be significantly more visible on the product cover. The new warning says "The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $250,000."
I hate that people think they are not breaking the law just because they pay for the DVD’s they rent. If someone calls the FBI tip line and saying they know someone who pirates video’s and gives them the name and address… if someone shows up at their door with a warrant… they are still screwed even if they have this really great story about how they pay for a service… sure that might work try that in front of the judge.