Space Shifting DVDs to Cost Extra? 361
Depending on who you listen to Steve Jobs has supposedly been pitching the idea of selling "premium" DVDs that would include an extra fee for the privilege of transferring your legally-purchased DVD to a different device. "The courts have held that "space-shifting" your CDs to a portable music device is a fair use. So you can legally import your CD collection to your iPod, or any other device, without paying a penny. But Steve Jobs apparently wants to charge you $4 for the privilege of doing the same with your DVDs."
No way... (Score:4, Funny)
Um.... (Score:3, Funny)
MythDVD
Hey, buddy! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:No way... (Score:4, Funny)
And the concept is old news - it's really just an extension of this program:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/itunes_to_sell_your_home_videos [theonion.com]
Re:"supposedly", "apparently" (Score:3, Funny)
It's "Apparent", as in "obvious". Something that is apparently true is obviously true (though possibly untrue, if appearances deceive). On the other hand, if you merely suppose something to be true, then you are much more likely to be wrong, in that you don't have evidence, you just have a supposition.
More to the point -- dude this is Slashdot. I've been here for ten years and Slashdot has never reported hard news. It does that more now than it ever has before. Back in the day it was a veritable rag.
Re:"supposedly", "apparently" (Score:1, Funny)
An analogy. (Score:2, Funny)
I heard the law says you have the right not to be punched. So if you pay me $4, I won't punch you. If you want me not to punch you again, it's another $4.
Extortion? What's that?
Re:"supposedly", "apparently" (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"supposedly", "apparently" (Score:3, Funny)
Yesterday?
Re:No way... (Score:2, Funny)
a majority of all book sales are restricted to a single device... its called paper