DVD copying right or wrong?

well anyone here burns dvds?

My computer came with a DVD burner but i dont know how to use it so no.

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Oh yeah

I make dvd's. Usually I do it to make music video or tv episode compilations. I'll download an .avi and convert it to a MPEG2 DVD file and then when I have all these files together I author menus and such and burn to a disc.

I'm not going to tell you how I burn them though, that'd be illegal.

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instrumental rock band that I am in.

i back up entire DVD's and burn them whenever i rent one

Yepper! Its lots and lots of fun, too!

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something witty goes here......

same here Mack, does it count if i own the dvd and backed it up and then sold the original. shhhhh

I wouldnt worry too much about it TazZ. Does it bother you, or did you just want to check?

nope i just wanted peoples opinion on this matter. I have over 100 copies of burned movies. shhhh

mums the word, good buddy.

Ditto to both ....shhhhhhh .




Me??? I do the same. Except for .avi I use Quicktime and/or WMV. I combine episodes, skits, short films or whatever.

I have started to do a nice collection of trailer discs.

i think its wrong...doesnt mean i wont do it if im low on cash and need to get a new film but it is wrong because it means the industry is loosing money and its the industry that i would like to one day work in.

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I have a point: the industry IS NOT losing money of that significance. In fact, I read somewhere that they even have a "timed death" on downloaded songs. Excuse me? NOTHING I paid for better die on me.

Such a consumer driven, money hungry age we live in, and let me tell you, the "industry" isnt looking out for you---they are looking out for their own wallet. Whatever happened to making the customer happy?

Just a thought!

Seriously .....I need money desperately and it has gotten to the point to where I need to sell our things that I really adore.

Although immaterial....thank God I have a burner to still be able to own
what I will always love.

yeah i copied some of my dvds so i could get more money. its hard to let them go but they were ones i dont really watch anymore so i dont mind having them on vcd.

where are you going to sell the things you own? i'll buy your TV jk
go into piracy JasoN! you work in the theaters so just get a camera and BOOM cash in your pocket! im just kidding

IF you burn dvds do you still buy'em?

I'll be honest, I sometimes rent DVDs then copy them. But only because I'm a kid who doesn't have a job. When I do get a job, which will be soon, I'm going to buy DVDs all the time. It's great owning all these great films on copied discs, but I just love my real DVD collection. I have about 100+ bought DVDs, and I expect that number to grow to thousands in my life time. So I don't really feel guilty when I burn DVDs, because I know I'll buy the real thing when I'm older.

Oh, and when I say sometimes I mean frequently.

I keep my collection and I still buy DVDs also of course. It's just the DVDs that I might rent (that I don't buy yet want ), and the ones I have I don't want ....those are the ones that are burnt.

Well burining DVDs obviously isnt right but people do it anyways. And it dosent hurt sales too bad.

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