Burning rented dvds??

Question

I burn alot of dvds that i rent and i dont see the problem with keeping them for my own personal use. Ive heard that its very illegal but i dont see the harm and heres why...I have comcast with over 250 channels and have a dvd recorder hooked up, i also burn movies off Encore, HBO, Showtime etc...how is it legal one way but not the other?? with a dvd you rent you just get the bonus material...

i could give a sh!t less what your opinion is of me...if you cant give me a difference between the two the FUUCK OFF!!!!!

Answer 1

I think it's illegal if you then try to sell it!

Answer 2

It is illegal.. because they somehow think that EVERY single person who burns a movie would have otherwise have bought it.. this is not really the case.. they did not lose money.. many people who copy them would only have bought some of them.. so there is no real way of telling what they are losing verses what they just want to believe they are losing..

I think the only problem with burning rented movies is this.. (which I see at the video store where I work) Some DVD's have protections on them.. basically it will allow you to copy it, but will make the DVD itself next to useless. I notice it more with the Adult movies .. a customer comes in rents like $40 worth of movies, returns them and the next time they are rented out the people bring them back complaining that they couldn't watch them.. it would get part way in and then start messing up really bad.. even resurfacing the DVD's doesn't fix it.. it happens EVERY time this guy rents movies.. he basically makes it so the boss has to go out and re buy all the movies.. It's not fair to destroy someone else's DVD's just so you can have a copy.. The $3.00 rental fee does not pay for us to replace the $30 movie... Aside from that problem I dont' care one bit that people burn movies..

Answer 3

The movie industry would like to change the fact that you can burn copies from what airs on your TV. It's a legal battle they fought and lost back in the 80's. As far as Rented DVD's go, there are more copyright protections, since you did not actually purchase the product. It's semantics really. There really is little difference, but if law enforcement ever raided your home and found your DVD's that were burned from rented DVD's you would be in alot of trouble. Though, admittedly, it is extremely unlikely.

The technology exists to burn copyrighted material, because, legally you have the right to back up your purchased DVD's.

So, yes, it is perfectly legal to burn copies from a movie that airs on HBO etc...

It is a crime to burn rented DVD's, but as long as you dont try to sell them or make profits in some way from those burned DVD's, I am sure youll be fine. When it comes to piracy, I am sure the authorities have bigger fish to fry than you.

Answer 4

I totally understand your logic...but it's illegal and you shouldn't do it. Cable is being paid for on a monthly basis by you, these movies are for you to rent and then return you can't return cable, however they can disconnect you and you won't have anything. All in all it's against the law and you shouldn't do it.... When you are watching cable you TIVO and the dvd recorder is recording those shows and movies you missed it's a service you paid for....That's why those boxes are hundreds of dollars for that simple fact and I would believe there's a way to track what you are doing....they can track everything else...They see what you watch and what time you are doing it so I would truely stop doing it all together...

Answer 5

Well first of. The movie(s) you are burning are not yours, you didn't buy them. You are renting, for that they were never yours. You burning a rented movie that is not yours in the first place it's illegal. You can only make copy's of your own owned movies for your personal use only. Anything else, selling, download, giving it to a friend(s) it's illegal.

Answer 6

The main reason, is that you do NOT own nor have the permissions to make the copies. You also do not own the Copyright's to these movies.

Think of it this way? I have a large screw driver. Your car is parked on the street. If I took your car and "borrowed" it for my "personal" use, and then returned it, leaving you to foot the bill for the gas and repairs, you would be very upset.

The same can be said for movies. It cost ALOT of money to write a script, hire actors, camera men, and then also distribute the DVD.

Long story short: You are a thief.

Answer 7

If you copy a copyrighted movie, you are breaking the law. What you do is up to you. There are a few software available that you can download for free but you'll have to wait on a Windows person to tell you more. I work on Macs.

Answer 8

It isn't illegal if you use if for your own personal use, only.

If you start selling the burned DVD's, then you are breaking copyright laws. That is when it becomes illegal and the feds (and James Hatfield) come knocking on your door.

Answer 9

I think if you only keep them for your own personal use and do not distribute them in any way, even in sharing, I think you are in the clear. its no different then a DVR like you have. I know the copyright laws state you can not copy the material, but if you are not handing out or trading the copies they won' go after you.

Answer 10

dvd are higher quialty and dont have a watermark like HBO or CBC. and thare arnt commercals every 40sec of the movie.

Answer 11

I don't think it matters really.
'Cause it says on movies [that you buy] you can record or whatever for your own use....so, i would think as long as your not selling that for money that you didn't buy it for would be illegal.