Fair Use

I’ve started ripping some of my DVD collection onto my computer for those rainy days or late nights when I feel like an episode of MST3K or Doctor Who but I don’t want bother with asking someone to pop in a DVD for me. The DVDs are encrypted to prevent such copying, but anyone with rudimentary geek skills can get past the encryption and compress the video into computer files. I already purchased the discs legally, so the guilt factor is nonexistent for me. It does give my processor a workout and the hard drive is starting to fill up. Good thing 1TB hard drives can be had for under $100.

This archiving effort may become moot once every bit of content ever made can be pulled down from the cloud, but I think my computer appreciates the chance to do something else besides search the web for the latest pictures of women in fishnets.