We all know the RIAA is a poisonous cancer on this earth. The MPAA, the evil twin of the RIAA goes head to head with RealNetworks over their completely legal RealDVD Software. The reason for the cat fight is that the MPAA sees the circumvention of encrypted DVD’s as illegal no matter the circumstance. Apparently we all rent our movies now. The legal tussle doesn’t even mention the obvious fact that copying a DVD for personal use, just as everyone does with CD’s, isn’t something that should be legally allowed. Nor the fact that the encryption to prevent personal back ups should be illegal in and of itself as it is a violation of consumers’ rights. But like all greedy copyright corporations, the MPAA is hiding behind the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which as mentioned before, prohibits circumventing encryption software. It really is pathetic that society here in America actually sides with these people and companies. I mean honestly, do you really think you should have to buy five copies of a movie, (one for the house, one for the car, one for the bedroom…etc., etc.? No. So why is this issue still relevant?
