Re: VHS Tape Copyright Protected??


"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "AnthonyR" wrote ...
>> Hmm, I've thought about your reply, and wonder, since Jesus himself gave
>> up all his worldly possesions and preached love, how much he would punish
>> someone printing copyrighted work back then?
>
> The Gospels are full of examples of respect for private
> property rights. For example, the Rich Young Ruler (i.e.
> "yuppie") was advised to donate his assets to the poor,
> but he refused and Jesus did not force him. When Matthew
> was called to be a disciple, he gave up his job with the
> IRS and vowed to repay all the excess taxes he had
> swindled people out of. Many more. Read on.
>
>> Since they didn't have dvd players.
>> So like P.Travel said it's more a legal issue, not sure being
>> 100% Christian automatically puts you on any legal side per
>> say, since our copyright laws were not written by God.
>
> IMHO, Christians are obliged to be law-abiding citizens.
>
>> But I get your meaning, they they should respect copyright
>> holders and do them no harm.
>
> Mat 7:20 "So then, you will know them by their fruits."

Richard,
I get you...it's our right to have our copy rights protected and I don't get
so upset
when people copy tv shows either off air, or from previously purchased vhs
tapes
to dvd for personal collections because chances are they wouldn't have
bought the
DVD's if even available anyway, unless they could afford to. If they did
afford them they wouldn't bother
doing all that work. I don't know anyone with extra cash who would rather do
work when they didn't have to.
Afford, and EXTRA being key words, someone struggling to pay bills and buy
food isn't going to
purchase DVD's no matter what, so no REAL lost sale there.
If someone can afford a DVD collection, then they buy it, surely, it's
easier than
converting from vhs to dvd, all that trouble to save a few bucks.

As I was saying that upsets me a lot less than what I seen tonight and every
night while out eating dinner.
A man selling DVD's of current movies in the theater now (bootleg quality)
for $5 each,
less than the price of a movie! So that surely directly impacts our income,
cause if they see the movie
for $5 (which isn't going to any royalties at all) they won't go pay again
to see it in the movie theater!
That is sooo wrong, and what's worse is they walk around openly selling them
on the street.
In NYC, you can find illegal DVD vendors on many streets and they are making
a living off selling these bootleg
copies, and NOT being arrested, not being fined $50,000 per title
etc...cause if they were, they wouldn't still
be out there doing this day after day, year after year...
Why don't the studios go after these people?

Wouldn't a $50,000 fine cover an officers yearly paycheck? So he would only
have to catch and prosicute one guy a year
to cover his salary! So we could hire more and more officers until
eventually there were no more street vendors
to sustain at least one arrest a year. Doesn't that make sense?
Or I guess, in reality, these people would get caught, fined, not have any
money, get sent to jail and cost us taxpayers $50,000
a year feeding them for ten year sentence per movie Hhmmm?

Makes sense now why they aren't arresting them, it's cheaper to
allow them to continue selling them than fill our prisons. But then that's
what makes others feel unfairly treated.
They think well if a guy on the street can do this openly every day and get
away with it, and make money at it, then why
would they come after me? who only makes a few copies for myself and don't
sell them.

That in a nutshell is why people copy, they feel a victim of selective
prosecution. A law must be fair and just and equally dispensed, not
only when economically feasible. Just thought I'd throw this out their
before bed, and see what others think of
illegal street vendors not being arrested and fined more. Or are they and
it's just too big a problem?
How is it I see them at almost every busy corner?

AnthonyR.


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