OT: An Interesting Read About Bit-Torrents

[geoschmo]

Nodachi said:
I've wandered away from the oringinal topic here but it upsets me to see my rights eroding away before my eyes.

Actually, you are right on track with where I hijacked the original topic to.

Basically your comment here is the crux of my question. And I intentionally say question here instead of argument. I'm not trying to convince anyone of a particular position, because I don't know what I beleive on the whole topic. This is one area I flip-flop on a lot.

What I am asking is, do you have a right that you are losing here? Is making of backup copies, or transfering your content from one media to another neccesarily a right you have? Or is it permission you have been given through the license agreement. Permission can be taken away quite legitimatly. Rights can be suppresed of course. You can be prevented from exercising them through some illigitimate means. But they are still your rights. That's what I mean when I ask if this is an inalienable right.