If I own a movie, I can legally make a copy of it, right? But what if the original is destroyed...??

Question

Do I have to keep the fragments and broken pieces as proof that I owned it so that the FBI won't storm my house, beat me till I confess to killing President Kennedy, and put me in jail for 50 years?

Answer 1

Everything you do on your computer is recorded to a secret file that you cannot find( so don't try) and then when you go to the Internet all the information in that file is sent to the CIA. Remember that time you told all your secret fantasies to your best friend on the net? Well someday the Government is going to want you to do some things you don't want to do and they are going to threaten to tell your spouse if you don't cooperate. And that is just the beginning. They own you now.

Answer 2

> f I own a movie, I can legally make a copy of it, right?

Not necessarily.

I am not saying that is the right way for the law to be, but that is how it is. I'd say it is an open question as to whether it is Fir Use or not, because the movie is likely encrypted, and a case could be made that copying it violates the DMCA (see www.chillingeffects.org for more details)

> But what if the original is destroyed...??

Well, if you break it, they you aren't making a copy of it or a derivative work of any kind. The media (the plastic disc itself) is yours, but you only license the content on it. That is why you could use the pieces in artwork and sell it.

The copyright law is concerned with copies you make, not what you destroy.

But given your clever paragraph above about keeping the pieces, maybe you can make that artwork and post pictures and blog about it. If you do, email me, I'd love to see it :)

Answer 3

Don't worry about it.

The FBI has cameras in every room of your house and has a video of you making the copy, so you're safe.

See, and you thought all this surveillance was a bad thing :-)

Richard

Answer 4

richard there is right...exactly right...he even put it in simple terms...good show richard