Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM

Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by DanBC on Friday October 04, 2013 @05:55AM (#6494541)

> Movies are probably the most easily justifiable for DRM. They aren't the sorts of 'products' that people watch over and over again (unless they get a cult following).

Children watch movies VERY MANY TIMES. They also manage to destroy the physical media.

I'm not sure what the law is about making a backup of the disc (is backup exempted, or am I circumventing an effective copyright measure?) but morally I think it's okay to make a back up of a DVD.

Having said that, I'm on my 3rd DVD of Despicable Me.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by chris_wot on Friday October 04, 2013 @08:03AM (#6494827)

> Children watch movies VERY MANY TIMES. They also manage to destroy the physical media.

100% agreed and can personally attest to that!!

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by menubar on Friday October 04, 2013 @08:30AM (#6494925)

These kids are destroying property that does not belong to them. This is a felony punishable by prison time and hard labor. You'd better turn them in at the nearest police station before Hollywood finds out and sends their hired thugs after you.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by chris_wot on Friday October 04, 2013 @08:33AM (#6494930)

Believe me, there are some days I'm sorely tempted!

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by aaronem on Friday October 04, 2013 @01:19PM (#6496634)

What? I mean, full marks for hyperbole, but even DIVX never tried to claim the buyer didn't own the physical medium. It's the ownership of the bits stored thereon that's under discussion.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by PeterisP on Friday October 04, 2013 @10:18AM (#6495484)

Making backups as such is legal under general global copyright laws. In USA however, if a content seller makes it very difficult to make a backup, then distributing devices to circumvent that may be illegal under DMCA.

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Re:Mozilla bug 923590: Pledge never to implement HTML5 DRM by ensignavenger on Friday October 04, 2013 @06:29PM (#6498443)

Are they scratching the disks to cause the damage- or are they actually wearing the disks out??? (Just curious- I agree 100% that you should have the right to make a backup of a DVD in case it gets destroyed.

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