MPAA: "you can't convert your own DVDs"

As we all know many are not savvy enough to do this on their own, and who wants to pay for a movie twice? Why should users have to buy the DVD for TV viewing and then again from iTunes for iPod viewing? It's beyond incredulous.

The argument that the MPAA is making in their suit is not that it's illegal to make copies of of purchased copyrighted material, only that it's illegal to circumvent the CSS encryption on DVDs. But, considering that all DVDs have this protection making copies of them for whatever the reason is illegal by default.

As the lawsuit notes:

...Defendant engages in an enterprise which it unlawfully and without authorization, circumvents the CSS access control and copy prevention system that protects Plaintiffs' DVDs and then copies Plaintiffs' copyrighted works contained on said DVDs and ultimately loads said copyrighted material onto the customer's PVP(portable video player).

I'm sorry but if I pay good money for a movie, then I should be able make backup copies of that movie for personal use on instead of having to buy a new one if it is ruined somehow. People will stop downloading shit when a movie doesn't cost 10 bucks at the theater,and Cd's aren't 15 bucks a pop. Either way the item should be MINE when I pay for it. When I buy a basketball,and loan it to friend to use, I don't hear the makers of the ball screaming about intellectual property. Fuck You MPAA!!!