Support Our Site
Get Better Gear!
- Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App from Ginger Labs, Inc, US$0.99
- Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful from Scosche, US$129.99
- IPEVO’s Typi Folio Case & Keyboard for iPad is First-rate from IPEVO, US$79.99
- Scosche’s boomSTREAM BT Speaker: Features & Compromises from Scosche, US$99.95
- FX Photo Studio HD: iPad Painting of Effects Made Easy from MacPhun LLC, US1.99
Premier Sponsors
Top 5 Free Apps
iTunes New Music Releases
Top 5 Paid Apps
Discover New Music
- Cake
Pressure Chief, Cake's latest album, didn't immediately grab me. In fact, it took perhaps half a dozen listens before I started truly enjoying it. Any
- Bumblebeez 81
Part white rap, part alternative, part pop, and part rock, the Bumblebeez grabbed a hold of me with "Pony Ride," and didn't let go.
This group does a marvelous job of moving seamlessly be
- The Strokes
The Strokes set the music world on fire with this 2001 album, with headlines declaring that the New York band was here to save Rock and Roll. While the band hasn't made as much of a splash since t
- Asylum Street Spankers
The Asylum Street Spankers are...well...The Spankers. Hailing from Austin, where I saw them live dozens of times, the band played entirely acousti
- Brother Love
- Killer grooves, catchy riffs, edgy vocals with oh-so-just-right layered harmonies, and a drive that will move even YOU out of your chair, Brother Love's initial release is what rock and roll should be
Reader Specials
Visit Deals On The Web for the best deals on all consumer electronics, iPods, and more!
News
U.S. Copyright Office Says No DVDs on iPods
Sunday, November 26th, 2006 at 2:00 PM - by Jeff Gamet
New copyright exemptions go into effect in the United States on November 27, but the proposed exemptions to allow copying commercial DVDs to portable media players, like Apple's iPod, were rejected. Even though consumers won't be allowed to copy DVDs for personal use, film professors can use software to copy movie clips from the discs for educational use.
The blind can now use applications that hack into and read copy protected books, and its also okay to crack the software on cell phones so they can be used with other carrier services.
Consumers have been operating outside the law when copying DVDs to their computers so they can watch movies on iPods and other portable media players. In contrast, they have been able to copy music CDs for some time now. Movie studios, however, have been strongly opposed to copying films for fear of losing revenue.
The new copyright exemptions are in effect for three years. Additional information about the exemptions is available at the U.S Copyright Web site.
Recent Headlines
- Reading, Writing, & Saving the World
- Free Retro Gaming for iOS - Activision’s Kaboom!
- Apple Adds Chomp Bits to iOS 6 App Store Discovery
- Notability For iPad: Much More Than A Note Taking App
- Scosche’s RH656m Headphones With Microphone Are Wonderful
- Tim Cook & Larry Page Reportedly Discuss Patents
- Analysis: Amazon Kindle Fire Sold Out, Kindle Fire 2 Pic Leaked
Post Your Comments