Maverick-Rubik wrote:It all comes down to the age-old philosophy of freedom versus security.
Eliminating the ability to make dvds for oneself also eliminates the ability for many to copy the material and use it for unwanted reasons (unauthorized selling). And quite frankly, it wouldn't hurt the companies for people to make copies for themself, so they'd rather get rid of the freedom altogether. But really, they entirely have the right to do it. It's their material, if they don't want it reproduced without their permission they can do it, it's their stuff.
See I don't completely agree with this reasoning. I could see if you were paying to rent or borrow the title or object, but you are esentially purchasing it from them. Once you purchase it, it now belongs to you. For you to do whatever you want with it in the confines of your own home. I beleive this was argued in the Betamax case back when the fair use act was put into place. Ofcourse, it is ther stuff to do whatever they want with it BEFORE they sell you it, so they can put whatever copy protection they want etc on it before sale, but once its in your hand, you are free to do whatever you want with it in your own home, so long as you don't break the copyright laws by distributing or selling outside your home. And it had better stay that way.



