I crashed my car...where's my back-up?
First and foremost, that video was hilarious…and so true.
I personally don’t think it is okay to make a back-up copy of a DVD, or anything for that matter. I agree with Valenti’s statement: “Do you know anything else in the country that if something is abused for any reason they'll give you a backup? If I go down to the hardware store and buy an electric lawn mower and I take it home, and three weeks later my wife runs over it in the driveway, I can't take it back and get a new one. I can't get a backup.� Just because it is easy to make a copy of something doesn’t mean it is okay to do so. You run the risk when you purchase anything that something could happen to it, if you run over your lawn mower you will have to either buy a new one or PAY to repair it. If something happens to your DVD you should have to pay to replace it. Maybe people should just be a little more careful with there possessions?
I like the idea that for a higher price iTunes customers can purchase an EMI song that does not have a DRM (EMI-Apple pen deal to sell songs). This way the people who feel like they are being tied down to the MP3 player they currently have can rest easy. If in the future they purchase a different brand MP3 player they will be able to keep their music library. According to Jobs “under 3% of the music on the average iPod is purchased from the iTunes store and protected with a DRM.� I agree with Jobs that it seems a bit silly to think people are feeling locked into buying from only that provider in the future. I personally don’t have an MP3 player and don’t download music online; I still buy CDs to support the artist I like.
Comments
I disagree with Valenti. I think I should be allowed to make back-up copies of DVD's just like I'm allowed to rip CD's and store and manage the music in my iTunes. I paid for the DVD just like I paid for the CD and I should be able to do with it as I please as long as I'm not ripping off the studios by giving the ripped mp4 files to my friends or selling them illegally. This is not an issue of DRM. Music I purchase with DRM allows me to use that music on several devices and to manage the music as I deem fit. If lawn mowers could be stored in digital format then yes, I'd want to keep a back-up of my lawn mower as well.
Posted by: Dale | April 10, 2007 06:54 PM
Sadly the video did not work for me, oh well I'll take your word for it. Now that I posted my post I realized we had the same Jack Valenti quote. He's such an interesting character whether you love him or hate him isn't he.
Posted by: NickJ | April 10, 2007 07:40 PM
I wouldn't expect anyone to just give me a backup if something like that were to happen, but most companies still allow customers to protect their purchases with warranties, and repair costs usually are less expensive than buying a whole new product.
Posted by: Carl Cassel | April 11, 2007 01:08 PM
You make a good point but to your description the things that are described often times come with a warranty. You see if something does break down on that car within a period of time you can get it fixed. That does not come with DVD's and such. If you own something there is no reason why you can't make a duplicate for your own purpose. Just my 2 cents.
Posted by: J.J. Simcic | April 28, 2007 06:17 PM