This reminds me of the episode of "The Simpsons" where Lisa becomes a vegetarian, so the school bring in the meat council to show a propaganda video, and serves tripe afterwards.
Why is it then fair use to do basically the same with with music CDs? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but isn't the Kaleidascape basically the same thing as a music server for DVDs. If copying music to music servers and MP3 players is fair use, then copying a movie to a similar device should also be fair use.
"I have a VCR DVD Recorder and can convert (time-shift) under fair use my VHS library to DVD rather than re-purchasing VHS movies on DVD that I don't yet own on DVD."
Unfortunately, I've run across many VHS tapes that cannot be converted to DVD due to Macrovision. I guess I am expected to go and re-buy all of these movies on DVD.
It's not just Dell. I bought an HP laptop and was surprised to find that the soundcard on this machine is not capable of recording the stereo mix. I tried the Vista fix of showing disabled devices, and there is still no option to record the stereo mix. I am thinking of buying an external soundcard to get around this issue.
Simpsons Did It
This reminds me of the episode of "The Simpsons" where Lisa becomes a vegetarian, so the school bring in the meat council to show a propaganda video, and serves tripe afterwards.
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Why is it then fair use to do basically the same with with music CDs? Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but isn't the Kaleidascape basically the same thing as a music server for DVDs. If copying music to music servers and MP3 players is fair use, then copying a movie to a similar device should also be fair use.
I wish that were possible
"I have a VCR DVD Recorder and can convert (time-shift) under fair use my VHS library to DVD rather than re-purchasing VHS movies on DVD that I don't yet own on DVD."
Unfortunately, I've run across many VHS tapes that cannot be converted to DVD due to Macrovision. I guess I am expected to go and re-buy all of these movies on DVD.
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I agree with you on that. I don't understand why parents pay extra $$$ to become a walking billboard for the Disney corporation.
HP Laptop does this too (as Bob D'Errico)
It's not just Dell. I bought an HP laptop and was surprised to find that the soundcard on this machine is not capable of recording the stereo mix. I tried the Vista fix of showing disabled devices, and there is still no option to record the stereo mix. I am thinking of buying an external soundcard to get around this issue.