why di people choose to buy pirated cd's vcd & dvd products instead of original ones?
147910
Because they know that pirates' production is absolutely identical to original, but has much lower price...
811794
If you're truly a "punk" then I wouldn't go selling out to the authorities about a local video store renting out their screeners. \n\nI buy CDs from a local music store that sells the pre-release sample CD's they get sent, and I don't have a problem with it. They all have the same or similar warning. \n\nDo you have a personal grudge against the store, or just feel like being an annoying customer?
1076334
At this point, CD is still more universal.  Since both of my computers have DVD, I'm pretty secure using DVDs.\n\nMore important is to remember to think really long term:  As technologies change, be sure to update your 'negative' storage formats!  At some point, standards could change enough that the data itself may be inaccessible, even if the physical media is still being used.
80957
Thats because it is illegal to reproduce copyrighted material, you computer knows this. There is software you can find to decrypt the video, but how about just participating in the free market, and buy movies the legal way, freeloader.
925548
some of the dvd's like sony and paramount now put copy protection on there disks so that they only play in dvd players and not on computer dvd drive. you can bypass this by using anydvd. it is a downloadable software you can try for 30 days and if you like it you can buy it. i just bought it because i was sick and tired of not being able to use my dvd's on my computer. hope this helps.
1114072
Many items from China are forged, counterfeited, and not copyrighted.  BMI and ASCAP try to regulate copyrighted CDs, and I am sure the same goes for members of the film industry when it comes to DVDs, and there is probably British law covering the illegal materials.
88261
I've seen this before on EBay. It's an OEM version (ships with a new computer system), so it just comes in the box. Some companies (IT departments) that get alot of computer systems passing through don't really need all of these "backup" disks laying around, and if they sneak out and appear on the internet, oh well. However, on EBay, to make it legal, they shipped the sofware with a working (or nonworking) junk piece of hardware, like an old memory stick so as not to violate license. However, in this case, who knows if they've already used the cd key to activate something.
1143999
well....some dvd's are meant to stay in a country. we for example are region 1. since currency is different across the globe, u could easily get the latest movies for like 10 cents. and new movies are released at different times across the globe. if u use a decoder, its like piracy.
502339
No.  That is how I am too.\nCD's provide an easier access to the specific song you want.\nDVDs are just plain confusing!!!  It takes forever to get to the menu and then someone accidentally hits a wrong button on the remote, etc.\nVideos all the way!
205131
The question is do you think it's wrong? I would assume so since you're looking for validation to do it. \nI have bought things books, tapes, CD and I have copied some of them after I purchased them, for my own individual use but I first bought the item. It really is a personal thing. We have made duplicates in order to preserve the original from our children's destructive forces. But we don't give out copies. I feel that as long as we've bought the product and given the money to the right person we should be able to use it within our home however we want.\nInevitable now adays with scanners in the home and VRC's and all the tech. out there it is very hard to enforce copyright laws. the other thing I would say is as long as your not taking money away from sales or making money from making copies you're probably OK. Again it is a personally decision.
82379
The format of a DVD is different to a CD.  Something very popular now is Dual Disc, which has the DVD option on one side and the CD option on the other.\n\nA DVD player and CD player are constructed differently, their inner workings operate uniquely from the other.
1107530
I download and share with anyone who wants it. I don't make money off of it. Am I breaking the law? I do the same thing with movies. Music and movies cost way to much to buy from the stores. Blank discs are cheap. When will big companies wake up and realize it is time to lower the costs?
879724
It's illegal to "rip" copies of your own DVDs even though you purchased them,the moment you stick it into your DVD-Rom drive with the intent of making a copy,you can go to prison,and RIAA will be rich.
778666
I can make duplicates of my Linux DVDs, and, if I have a movie that the children want to watch, I can make a copy that they can destroy, like children usually do.\n\nAll software should be duplicated, and the original stored in a safe place, the 'daughter' disc placed in the open storage stack, and the other 'daughter' disc can be used and abused, until worn out from handling...\n\nSo, to do all of that, I like two DVD optical drives, one reader, one writer, or dual writers.  And, in Linux, I can burn, surf, run a program, run frostwire, play music all at the same time, on some of the 20 desktops on my 1 Ghz unit!
127088
it has something to do with dvd ripping i think.. it aint malicious or spyware
277428
its legal to have them dvd's on your computer, aslong as you A:) don't try to share them with other people using limewire or bittorrent and b:) do not try to make copys of them other to use as backups\n\nR3dm0
816162
YEP !!\n\nThey have MORE ways of "getting out" of being responsible for anything that goes wrong than a "fly by night" operator.\n\nThey apparently operate on the "caveat emptor" principle, "buyer beware".\n\nSOFTWARE is especially bad, as most is either illegal CD-R "backups" or OEM, (Which has NO warranty from the manufacturer AND is ONLY supposed to be sold WITH a system!!)\n\nI SELDOM buy anything there anymore, unless I can tell FROM THE PICTURES that it is what I want AND the seller has a 90%+ positive rating.