As it has been explained here, you can only make copies of material that has not been encrypted. But I guess that if you asked permission from the intellectual owner, in this case big companies, to make copies, I don't really think they would grant it to you. With that said, us as the consumer have failed to demand more solid products, such as more resistant materials because you have a valid reason to want to have a copy of your very expensive dvds. So on our end, we have to accept whatever they throw at us, but they won't accept valid reasons for us to have a copy of our own libraries. Imagine this situation. If your car breaks and you want to replace the engine, you cant. The only way for you to replace that engine is to get an exact copy from the manufacturer. Do you picture the scenario? That's what's been happening with the entertainment industry. They want to sell you a cheaply made product at a very high price, and they make a big profit in the process. Now, if they don't want people to burn movies, why do they sell you a burner? Its like, we don't want you to smoke pot, but here are the seeds.can you see the wrongness in this? I think, we as the masses should have a bigger voice than the few. The masses should be dictating the laws that favor us, not the other way around because we live in a democracy, right? We should have a government by the people and for the people, not corporations or companies. You tell me if I'm wrong, and if I am I accepted humbly.
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