Importing My Movies

When will I be able to import the DVD's I own? If Apple is gonna force this Movie and TV show bilge down our throat the least they could do is allow us to import the DVD's we already have. What is the real difference between importing a CD or a DVD? We already know you can read the DVD so the issue is all in the studio's. If it is just a matter of code they shouldn't have released 7 until it was ready.

Whilst you know how to "burn" your DVD to computer and think its crazy there are many laymen people out there that do not and find it too complicated. They choose the easier option of just buying from the iTMS.
What you need to accept is that society consists of different people with different races, sex, age, occupation, intellect, religion etc. Not everyone is going to assert the conclusion that just because I have a DVD at home why should I buy another one for my iPod. Whilst I can see many people saying that I can also see many people not having DVDs at home and buying different ones at iTMS.
Another aspect you need to consider is that if you were to create a product be it an invention like the TV or a Software like Skype or music you the inventor, programmer or artist will have a beneficial interest as well as a desire to protect that product that you maybe have spent your entire life making. You would not like it if someone down the corner "rips" it off you or steals it. That's the reason Intellectual Property comes in and protects the owner and his/her interest (Copyright, Trade Marks, and Patents).
Whilst I cannot comment on Apple's goals I do see that they at least try to make the digital age simpler for consumers compared to other corporate companies And in these times it is not easy to allow consumers to just ignore copyright and infringe the rigths of another owner, artist, writer etc that deserves the royalties. You might say that that does not make a difference because they do not get paid that much. It might be true but I think that's a lousy excuse. It's the law and we need to enforce or at least abide by it.
Having studied the law I do feel its complicated to explain to laymen but nevertheless its there to protect as well as enforce the rights that each man/women are entitled.
However, we should not discuss this as this is a technical forum and we might be infringing the terms of use. (funny i haven't read them yet)
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