tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post3937822365512119934..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Busy weekend coming up, so here's your homework assignment.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-62031606064504046962008-06-22T10:18:00.000-04:002008-06-22T10:18:00.000-04:00Dear CPC-sponsored media industry,My father-in-law...<I>Dear CPC-sponsored media industry,<BR/><BR/>My father-in-law is a 69-year-old Chinese immigrant and enjoys watching Cantonese-language movies. Although these are readily available in Toronto, in order for him to watch them, I am forced to rip them and convert them to a region-free format that will play on his home player. Since he is the only person who watches them, and since he owns both the factory-produced original and the format-shifted copy, is there anything wrong with that?</I><BR/><BR/><B>Dear valued consumer,<BR/><BR/>Of course not! Simply pay a $20,000 fine for each movie for which you've broken the copy protection, and we're all square. Thanks for playing!</B>M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-13447672957777403932008-06-21T14:56:00.000-04:002008-06-21T14:56:00.000-04:00I recorded an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! on my PVR for m...<I>I recorded an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! on my PVR for my son to watch. Can I keep it after he's watched it once?</I><BR/><BR/><B>No. Tell your son to grow up and stop playing a children's card game.</B>Gubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473170791069302179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-38724887494056614692008-06-21T12:14:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:14:00.000-04:00A while back, I bought "REO Speedwagon's Greatest ...<I>A while back, I bought "REO Speedwagon's Greatest Hits" on vinyl. {-- Snip! --} Since I've clearly already paid for the rights to that music, don't I have the right to just copy that CD from someone else and finally throw out the vinyl?</I><BR/><BR/>You forgot <I>and will pay the levy that is on all blank media, which is in place to allow me to copy this album, on the CD I will use to copy it...</I><BR/><BR/>You forgot the infamous C-61 "Double-Dip"!DoubleDeckerBusGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031595225592063213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-78419754469675787042008-06-21T12:00:00.000-04:002008-06-21T12:00:00.000-04:00Well, those weren't exactly my questions, but yeah...Well, those weren't exactly <A HREF="http://thevanitypress.blogspot.com/2008/06/ive-got-question.html" REL="nofollow">my questions</A>, but yeah, there's the problem, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Also, REO Speedwagon? Blech.That guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12254412890551965391noreply@blogger.com