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Copy this DVD
It’s not everyday that filmmakers encourage people to make pirated copies of their documentaries, but here at Netroots Nation, DVDs with instructions to “Please Copy & Distribute” have been strategically placed on tabletops in the exhibit hall, nestled next to free highlighters, coffee mugs and pamphlets.
Currently on tables: one DVD titled “The Great Conspiracy: The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw” and another featuring not one, not two, not three, but FOUR videos on the same disc: “911 Mysteries,” “TerrorStorm,” “Loose Change” and “David Ray Griffin Presentation.”
This reporter’s question: how are you supposed to copy this thing? Do bloggers just carry around blank DVD’s or movie-ripping software in their messenger bags (the luggage of choice around these parts)? Anyone who has technical expertise — or who wants a free movie rental for the night — is advised to run over to the Austin Convention Center ASAP to help this reporter before this confab shuts down for the night around 6:00 p.m.
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By DVD Copy
July 21, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this
People will always copy DVDs until Hollywood develops a fair business model. You now have to buy digital movies several times to watch on different devices, i.e. DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray, Zune, iPhone / iPod, Sony PSP, etc. etc.
Until a fair business model is developed, there will always be DVD copy software programs out there like 1 Click DVD Copy and DVDneXtCopy that enable users to rip, convert, burn and copy DVD movies. BTW, all the best DVD best burning programs are listed, ranked, reviewed and compared side-by-side at: http://www.dvdxcopy.com