If you rip an image, you can always burn a copy of it.
And what was the resale value of your digital library again?
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Apple Holds Sale on Movie Collections in U.S. iTunes Store [Updated]
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And what was the resale value of your digital library again?
Well all you need there is a £40 bluray player per TV, instead of a £99 Apple TV per TV.
I picked up a free HD TV show from iTunes during a Christmas giveaway event but it won't play on my iPod Classic (2008). Whereas all my films on physical media play on my 2006 PS3.
And if you don't want to lose them you can always do a backup. DVDs are very simple and I think there's a convertor for blurays too. Just incase you want digital download levels of backup security.
A 40 pound BluRay player? ridiculous! You can't get a good one here in the states for less than 90... Lucky brits.
Yeah, but Macs don't have BluRay drives, and that's illegal to "backup" DVDs/BluRays.
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like Apple's going to say "pay us more, or you can't watch your media"....
And how about those VHS tapes? Those still easy to find a player for?
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What's the legality of pirating content again?
That's not pirating. Unless he sells his original copies while still using his backed up copy..
Btw,
why do these kind of sales for digital content exists?
Does Apple buy certain amount of licences and they get old at some point and then Apple will loose all money invested in those licences?
why do these kind of sales for digital content exists?
Does Apple buy certain amount of licences and they get old at some point and then Apple will loose all money invested in those licences?
I'm no expert, and I'm not saying your wrong either, but a few keywords do stand out:
"The unauthorized reproduction or...." and "infringement without monetary gain"
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable on the issue can chime in.
The thing is, it is legal to back up your own collection and as long as you can prove ownership of the original disc. I do this and am fine with it and still have all of my DVDs in a giant case.
The reproduction for personal use as a backup does not constitute infringement since that portion of the statement applies when copies of movies are made and given to others without monetary gain.
I believe duplication of movies for the purposes of backup is counted as fair use and "authorized reproduction". There are a number of rules that go along with the handling of the backup copy. You can only sell the original, and if you do, you are required to either destroy or sell the duplicate with it.
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Supersadtown. I would have loved to get the Harry Potter Collection.
I usually check on my AppleTV late Monday night to see what the 99¢ rental of the week is. I didn't last night, and then I read the news probably about thirty minutes too late this morning.
I usually check on my AppleTV late Monday night to see what the 99¢ rental of the week is. I didn't last night, and then I read the news probably about thirty minutes too late this morning.
You'll be happy to hear that the Oblivion BD comes with an HD iTunes Digital Copy. No ripping required, and it'll be just like if you had bought it on iTunes, and got the BD free.
I'm glad I jumped on that deal when I did, wish they didn't catch it to give everybody a chance.
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This is exactly my understanding too. I personally have watched my last DVD/bluray get destroyed by my kids, lol, so all mine too are stored away while I simply teach the kids how to use the Apple TV for the "backed up" versions. Lol.
One thing should be obvious to the studios from this. If you sale your wares at a reasonable price people will beat down your doors to buy. As a side benefit most likely piracy would decrease as well.
Thats been my thinking all along. Take the App Store as an example. The majority of people don't think twice about buying apps that are in the lower price range. If they dont like the app, no biggy, it didnt cost much.
Imagine every standard album on iTunes is priced at £0.99 as opposed to to average £9.99 - do you think it's possible to sell more than 10x what they sell at the moment? I do for sure. Not to mention your more likely to get more fans/more people accessing your music and therefore more tickets sales. I don't think i'd ever look elsewhere for music again!
Ditto for movies and TV.
I've never understood this argument. If the studios set the price for Apple (poor, helpless, Apple, only the most valuable company on the planet by market cap), how come they don't set the price for Amazon, where it's usually cheaper to buy an actual Blu-Ray? Personally I've always thought this was just Apple's way of ensuring they get their healthy 40% cut.
Somehow I think that if there was some competition for buying movies to download that Apple would suddenly and magically find they could drop their prices.
amazon buys the disks from a distributor or straight from the studios for a wholesale price and sells them at whatever price they want.
the way itunes works is that the content owner sets the price they want to sell their content. apple is only hosting and billing and taking a percentage of it