Who owns the DVD Video trademark?
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5 second search resulted in following: http://www.dvdfllc.co.jp/dvdlogo.htm
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The owner of the copyright decides what royalties it demands. However, I highly doubt that if you contact someone at MGM they are going to negotiate an arrangement with you to download movies on the internet. Are you trying to establish some sort of business?
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Sony and Samsung probably put some extra data on the DVDs to keep their competitors' hardware from using it.\n\nIt's called unethical business practice.
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I heard "DVD Decrypter" is the tool to use to copy your own commercial DVD to your hard drive and decrypt it at the same time. The software might be kinda hard to find now cuz the software author was threatened by movie industry goons.  \nThe US Supreme court ruled in 1984 that you have a right to make archival recordings for your own use.
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Try this site, they have a nice catalog to keep you browsing.\n\nhttp://www.dvdverdict.com/upcoming/index.php
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Assuming you mean 'Copyright' a DVD disk...\n\nCopyrights are always implicit when you create any original work.  Meaning, you automatically retain all copyrights on any original work you create yourself (like home videos, etc) without filing anything.\n\nHowever, if you want to officially place a copyright on file with the government, you'll need to visit the copyright web site, download some forms, file a copy (or copies) of the DVD disk you want to copyright and the type of copyright you are applying to get (compilation, content, etc) along with filing fees.\n\nClick on the FAQ link below for more details on how to go about this and the types of things you can copyright.\n\nFiling with the government proves that the work you created is yours.  If you use implicit copyrights, these can be more easily challenged unless you have some compelling way to prove that the work was truly yours and is original.\n\nGood luck.
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Try searching that slogan at the USPTO site. If a Federal trademark exists for that slogan, you'll find it there.
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http://dvdshrink.org/\n\nHope this helps.
1121475
Wow, that's a strange one. You say that every other DVD you own/rent works just fine in your machine, eh? Sounds like some sort of copy protection deal going on. Is this perhaps a new release DVD (probably from Sony Pictures)? If so, there may be a CSS on there that will not allow the disc to play on a PC (supposedly to eliminate piracy, but really just aggravating to those of us that are gravitating towards media centers).\n\nTry a Copy Protection removal tool (I wish I could tell you the name of one. You'll just have to google it yourself) and see if that works. If not, call the manufacturer of the disc.\n\nSorry I couldn't help any more than this but I've never encountered this problem before.....
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It will most likely be bought out by netflix or blockbuster...renting the physical DVD's is a declining business as broadband capabilities increase and DVD ON DEMAND rentals are becoming more common in the everyday household.\n\nI am not sure if this is a direct link...but all insiders are selling...not a good sign.
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best buy or bestbuy.com. i think its still on sometimes. its pretty cheap to (on dvd 4.99 online)
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If you live in the US, doing this is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Even someone telling you how to do this is a violation of the DMCA, punishable by up to 5 years in prison.\n\nPersonally, I think you *SHOULD* be legally allowed to view your DVD movies on your video iPod.\n\nIf you think this whole situation is ridiculous, and you'd like to do something about it, join the Electronic Frontier Foundation at http://www.eff.org . They're a non-profit digital liberties law firm.
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here is the entire DVD story\nhttp://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3
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it's hard making copies of copyrighted dvds. they are protected and you computer won't copy it
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DVD. money. food. make something.
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No, noone owns that exact trademark.  Actually, it's a service mark b/c radio is a service and not a product.  People refer to them collectively as 'marks.'  Anyway, see the below link to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's search function and run a search for "Silhouette Internet Radio".... when I did it I got no hits. \n\nBut be a little careful -- just b/c noone has that EXACT mark registered doesn't mean you're out of the woods yet.\n\nFirst, someone else could be using it and just hasn't filed with USPTO.  If so, they would have 'common law' rights, which include the right to keep using the mark wherever they're using it now, plus the right to prevent you from using that mark where they're using it.  The best way to prevent any not-fun suprises is to have an IP atty to a common law search.  You can do a poor man's common law search by doing a Yahoo or Google search, plus looking in Internet yellow pages and white pages and see what comes up.\n\nSecond, someone else may be using a mark that isn't exact but is similar -- and that might or might not be registered with USPTO.  If your proposed mark is similar enough to theirs to cause a 'likelihood of confusion' in the public about the source of the services (confusion about who owns and runs Silhouette Internet Radio), then you may infringe on their mark.\n\nCopyright doesn't come into play unless you develop a logo, in which case the logo will be covered by both trademark and copyright law.
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Many items from China are forged, counterfeited, and not copyrighted.  BMI and ASCAP try to regulate copyrighted CDs, and I am sure the same goes for members of the film industry when it comes to DVDs, and there is probably British law covering the illegal materials.