is copying movies for HOME USE only, legal. (like, renting a movie from a store and copying it)
and is buying ebooks FOR HOME USE OR FOR REFERENCE on the interent legal?
what is the difference between ebooks, that have been bought in the interent and ebooks that have been pirated?
thanks
2007-02-05 04:09:45 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I had movies and i copied them first into some CD's and then i saved an image file of that in my hard drive.
but wen i traveled from a country, the airplane security systems wiped my Cd movies by accident. so, i have the copied ones, is this legal to keep?
2007-02-06 04:22:12 · update #1
renting dvds and copying them is illegal
the only time copying movies is legal is if you own the movie, and are making a copy as a backup
i dunno bout ebooks
2007-02-05 04:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by thuglife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, copying the movies is called piracy. It's the same concept about ripping CDs and burning copies for yourself from your friends. Technically, you're in possession of the material without purchasing it or receiving it as a gift.
Buying eBooks is completely legal because you're buying them. Just know that they take up a lot of space on your harddrive and once they fill up too much, you won't be able to put any more on there.
eBooks were originally created as a marketing tool to college students - so they could pay for the books they needed, download them into one "book" (or computer like tablet), and they could access all of their books for the semester, then sell them back to the companies at the end of the semester and prepare for the new ones they'll have to purchase for the following semester. They worked pretty well, but didn't catch on. I loved mine, but I would put them on your computer and not spend the extra money on the tablet.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-05 14:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by Robbie G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But if you think about it, approximately 30 million people if not more copy and watch copied DVDs or movies. Now do you seriously think the police have time to track those people. Answer: Hell no!
2007-02-05 12:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by the M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...plagerism is what that's called :D
2007-02-05 12:17:58 · answer #4 · answered by kymee1112 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...but only if you get caught...otherwise,NO!!!
2007-02-05 12:24:16 · answer #5 · answered by IwntYrHd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋