Movie studios sue DVD-to-iPod service
So, you purchase a DVD, which gives you a "license to view" this thing whenever you want to, and suddenly, AFTER you pony up the money to purchase this disc, they attempt to retroactively tell you what you can do with it. It's bad enough that they FORCE you to watch their lame ass commercials (by disabling the fast forward) and try to tell you that you can't take the DVD you purchased to another country to play, but now they're telling you that somehow the content of that disc is somehow magically changed into something illegal if you want to play it on something ELSE.
Does the average consumer even realize that you can't record HD content for our Supreme Court given right of "timeshifting" in any manner not expressly approved by the MPAA? If they don't approve, they will sue the company out of existence. Doesn't matter that we have a constitutional right, doesn't matter who's right or wrong, he with the most money will sue the other into oblivion and our courts sit by and say "gee, that's ok."
I will be SO happy when the world of technology finally trumps their antiquated business model, and those with vision start taking the money away from them.
Movie studios sue DVD-to-iPod service:
The MPAA has sued Load 'N Go Video for offering to load customers' movie collections onto their music players.