[MPlayer-users] Re: Rescuing a scratched DVD

[Adam Nielsen]

> Now that Magnus has mentioned rental.... If you have a DVD go bad and
> want to recover it, why not just go rent it and make a copy from the
> rental version? Then you pay something like $3-4 for a new copy rather
> than $20. Will that make you happy?

No, because that's illegal.  Even though you already own it, it's illegal to 
'back up' a DVD.  Apparently you can even get in trouble for just 
*downloading* software to do it (though I've yet to see that happen.)  But 
that was my point originally too - if you were allowed to copy it for 
personal use, then there'd be no problem.  But since the recording industry 
has made it illegal, they'll have to take over and provide legitimate backups 
for people who don't want to break the law by making their own.

Of course I'm sure that'll never happen, they'll want you to shell out another 
full price DVD to make their profits go up some more...

Cheers,
Adam.