Re: [dvd-discuss] More Copy Protection

[Noah silva <nsilva(at)atari-source.com>]

I think the difference between renting videotapes and renting audio CDs is
smaller.  (How about Video CDs Vs. Audio CDs?).

 -- noahs silva

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, steve bryan wrote:

> At 1:43 pm -0400 9/27/01, Noah silva wrote:
> >anyone want to invest in dr.noah's CD rental shop?
> 
> I hope that someone who knows for sure responds, but it is my 
> understanding that it is not legal to rent audio CD's in the US and 
> there have even been efforts to try to outlaw the selling of used 
> CD's. This collection of arbitrary laws leads to some odd situations. 
> For instance, I recall reading a rueful argument by Trip Hawkins (CEO 
> of EA) that game console software was legal to rent without any 
> special licensing arrangement with the publisher but the 
> corresponding computer software for the same damn game was not legal 
> to rent under similar conditions. The point that is so odd is that it 
> is the same game, different object code, but still the same title. 
> How could there be any moral dimension to the laws that make one 
> version legally available for rent while the other is not?
> -- 
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