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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
The copyright/anti-piracy/anti-theft laws have to catch up with the technology.
Anyone that has ever created content knows exactly what I am speaking about... 
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The first thing is regular people don't care about copyright. Now it doesn't help to get them to care when content producers constantly lobby Congress to make it difficult for people to enjoy the content they purchased and keep getting copyright rights extended to ridiculously lengthy terms. Copyright was never meant to be perpetual. In fact originaly it was 14 years. Now it's 95 years or 70 years after the death of the creator if it's a person and not a coproration. Should I seriously have to wait until 2059 to use a Irving Berlin song from 1923 without having to ask permission and pay compensation because the fucker decided to live to 101? Why should I have to compensate his great great great grandchildren that weren't even born before he died?
Back in the 70's copyright was a max of 56 years. It was 28 years then you could get it extended another 28 if you informed the copyright office before the original 28 years was up. That MORE than enough time to make money off your work. Honestly I wouldn't make it more than 50 years.
If a buy a movie should I have to buy a copy for every device I might have? If I have 3 TVs each with a DVD player why shouldn't I be able to make 2 copies for the other 2 players without having to get some software to break encrytption? I have a PSP so why can't I make a copy so I can watch the movie on that? I've already paid for the movie must I HAVE to purchase an additonal copy at FULL PRICE just to have one for my PSP? Come on.
See it's stuff like that that turns normal people into pirates because once they have to do all that shit just to get full use of purchased content it's not that far of a leap for them to think "Hey why should I pay for it at all". Even movies that come with a digital copy limit the number of devices it can be on. What if I get a new computer? Listen I've already paid for your content now you are just going to have to trust me that if you remove the restrictions I am not going to make 1000 copies for all my friends out there. Because seriously if I wanted to do that I could do it anyways DRM or not. It's not a coincidence that much more legal digital music is being purchased since the record lables removed DRM