Copying HD-DVD and Blu-ray Soon To Be Legal

Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they’ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.

I think it’s foolish that it took this long for it to become legal. As always, the only people that this inconveniences is the legal consumer. Whenever I pick up a new piece of software, regardless of whether it’s an application or a game, I back it up right away and use the backed up copy instead.

It’s not fun to purchase expensive software only to have it get scratched and ruined. When next-gen movies can cost upwards of $40 a piece, it -should- be completely legal to back them up. Now if only the actual burners and blank media would go down in price…

Source: Mac World