MPAA to Customers: If You Are Lucky You Can Pay Again For Movies You Already Own
Found on Public Knowledge on Wednesday, 15 February 2012
This year, Public Knowledge requested an exemption that would allow people to copy movies they own on DVD onto other devices. On Friday, the MPAA submitted its comments to our request.
In the comments, the MPAA said that it was “a mere inconvenience” that people who paid for a movie on DVD cannot transfer that movie to another device. Furthermore, the MPAA insisted that no DMCA exemption was necessary because people who want to watch their movies on the go have other options. What options? Pay them more money, of course.
Of course. That was obvious from the start. The MPAA will never be open to unrestricted usage because they worked hard to limit customers so that they pay for the same again and again.