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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
I love how disconnected the DMCA is from the experiences of normal people. It's morally okay to rip your own DVDs and It's morally okay to engage a 3rd party to do the ripping by downloading from a torrent site, but both are illegal. Media companies are within their rights to go after downloaders, but downloaders should have a balancing defence for media shifting; the lack of balance in the DMCA and similar pieces of copyright legislation is the real problem. Expecting a balanced approach to copyright law is not unreasonable.
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Ethics and the law became disconnected a long time ago. All that matters now is greed.