497 replies to this topic

[jeckles]

Chad, on Jul 25 2007, 07:50 AM, said:

My favorite porn DVD got all scratched so I'm ripping it and burning a new copy. Now since this is technically piracy, and it's a porno, does this constitute ass piracy?

Beware... the porn guys are very touchy about their shit being pirated.

[Chad]

McA I can't get the 'TOP' and 'FAST REPLY' buttons to work. What gives?

[Chad]

Dave I got my 'TOP' and 'FAST REPLY' buttons working so disregard that last post.

Dave you ever find hair in the butter?

[Deb]

Do you ever wonder where our questions come from?

Does it occasionally scare you?

[thegrunter]

Why am I obsessed with watching the coverage of the San Francisco Government, in particular the Board of Supervisors on TV all day?

[monogodo]

Dave,

I have a two-part question for you, but first some background.

When my wife and I go to bed, our cat, Arianna, jumps into bed with us. We've discovered that if we open our mouths wide (as if we're yawning), she'll stick her face inside and sniff. She'll only sniff once. If we try to get her to sniff our mouths a second time, later on, she won't do it.

1. Why does she sniff our mouths?
2. Why are we letting her sniff our mouths?

[Chad]

monogodo, on Jul 27 2007, 01:48 AM, said:

Dave,

I have a two-part question for you, but first some background.

When my wife and I go to bed, our cat, Arianna, jumps into bed with us. We've discovered that if we open our mouths wide (as if we're yawning), she'll stick her face inside and sniff. She'll only sniff once. If we try to get her to sniff our mouths a second time, later on, she won't do it.

1. Why does she sniff our mouths?
2. Why are we letting her sniff our mouths?

That might be the greatest question ever

[Dave]

Chad, on Jul 25 2007, 07:50 AM, said:

My favorite porn DVD got all scratched so I'm ripping it and burning a new copy. Now since this is technically piracy, and it's a porno, does this constitute ass piracy?

You've come to the right place for your legal copyright issues. In fact, the only subject Misfitopia is better known for is its renowned medical advice on invasive surgery and oncology.

According to U.S. copyright law 17 U.S.C. Section 117(2)...

"(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an
infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make
or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that
computer program provided:
.....(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes
only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that
continued possession of the computer program should cease to be
rightful."

Making a backup copy for your own personal archival purposes is legal.

Chad, on Jul 26 2007, 09:33 AM, said:

Dave I got my 'TOP' and 'FAST REPLY' buttons working so disregard that last post.

Dave you ever find hair in the butter?

I use Uncle McAwesome's Old Tyme Hairless Butter. It's our patented hairless cows that produce the best tasting and least hairy butter.

Deb, on Jul 26 2007, 10:34 PM, said:

Do you ever wonder where our questions come from?

Does it occasionally scare you?

1. Yes.
2. Yes, but in a good way.

thegrunter, on Jul 26 2007, 10:58 PM, said:

Why am I obsessed with watching the coverage of the San Francisco Government, in particular the Board of Supervisors on TV all day?

The giddy thrill that Gavin Newsom might stumble unannounced through the floor, soaked in gin and still smelling of last night's waitress.

monogodo, on Jul 27 2007, 01:48 AM, said:

Dave,

I have a two-part question for you, but first some background.

When my wife and I go to bed, our cat, Arianna, jumps into bed with us. We've discovered that if we open our mouths wide (as if we're yawning), she'll stick her face inside and sniff. She'll only sniff once. If we try to get her to sniff our mouths a second time, later on, she won't do it.

1. Why does she sniff our mouths?
2. Why are we letting her sniff our mouths?

1. Checking for cavities and bacterial decay.
2. Cats make great dentists.

Edited by Dave, 01 August 2007 - 05:52 PM.
grammatical badness

[Chad]

Dave, on Aug 1 2007, 01:44 PM, said:

Making a backup copy is legal for your own personal archival purposes is legal.

I think this might be the first time in the Ask McA history that actually law was cited and used to answer a legal question. Nice!

[Chad]

Son of a bitch the god damn top and fast reply buttons stopped working again. It comes and goes at will. This is the third time.

McA, WTF

[monogodo]

Dave, on Aug 1 2007, 12:44 PM, said:

You've come to the right place for your legal copyright issues. In fact, the only subject Misfitopia is better known for is its renowned medical advice on invasive surgery and oncology.

According to U.S. copyright law 17 U.S.C. Section 117(2)...

"(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy. -
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an
infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make
or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that
computer program provided:
.....(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes
only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that
continued possession of the computer program should cease to be
rightful."

Making a backup copy for your own personal archival purposes is legal.

Actually, this is incorrect.

The courts have determined that, in the case of DVDs, circumventing copyright protection to make a backup copy is illegal. I even have a link to an article with a link to the court decision, but it's on the crashed hard drive, so I don't have access to it right now. Essentially, if you have to do anything to get around any protections that are on the DVD to keep it from being copied, then it's illegal to make a copy, even for backup purposes. If you don't have to circumvent anything, then it's legal to make the backup copy. It's important to note that DVDs are being treated differently from software programs, music CDs and other copyrighted items.

Aha, I've found what I was looking for:

From US Code : Title 17, Section 1201

Quote

Sec. 1201. Circumvention of copyright protection systems

[indent](a) Violations Regarding Circumvention of Technological Measures.[indent](1)[indent](A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter. [/indent][/indent][/indent]

The above is also confirmed by the US Copyright Office.

Edited by monogodo, 01 August 2007 - 06:31 PM.

[Dave]

Does this mean you don't want my oncology advice?

[monogodo]

Dave, on Aug 1 2007, 01:25 PM, said:

Does this mean you don't want my oncology advice?

Since this is Ask McAwesome, does this mean you have to answer your own question?

[mango]

Dave, have you considered an "Ask Monogodo about potential copyright infringement" section?

[Chad]

Dave, on Aug 1 2007, 02:25 PM, said:

Does this mean you don't want my oncology advice?

[mango]

Is this how Chad got to 7134 posts?

Edited by mango, 01 August 2007 - 06:36 PM.

[Chad]

[mango]

Dave, would Kent Brockman ever post a smiley?

[Chad]

Nothing wrong with smilies

[Dave]

monogodo, good job on the copyright links.
Here's an article about it from a few years ago
dvd

monogodo, on Aug 1 2007, 02:32 PM, said:

Since this is Ask McAwesome, does this mean you have to answer your own question?

I guess if I ask it, it should be open to the public. Maybe we should do a "Ask McAwesome Gives Back" week where everybody asks questions and the first person in can answer.

mango, on Aug 1 2007, 02:34 PM, said:

Dave, have you considered an "Ask Monogodo about potential copyright infringement" section?

i'll get right on that

mango, on Aug 1 2007, 02:36 PM, said:

Is this how Chad got to 7134 posts?

i think a lot of sexual back and forth between him and deb helped.

(incidentally, that glitch with the forum this past half hour was not on our end; the host was doing something with their servers)