When it comes to copying DVD’s, many individuals are worried whether or not it is legal. A lot of people have concerns as to whether or not they’ll get into trouble by breaking any DVD copying laws. Obviously, this is a highly controversial topic, therefore it’s important to set the record straight once and for all.
Just what are, exactly, DVD copying laws? The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) states that it is, in fact, illegal to break the CSS protection located on most DVD’s. This DVD copy law doesn’t specifically state, however, that it’s illegal to make a personal, back up copy of a title already paid for an owned by the owner. This means that, according to these laws, just as long as you don’t rip the original movie’s coding, it’s not necessarily illegal to make your own backup copy for personal use.
So how do you know whether or not you’ll be ripping the original copy’s coding? By reading reviews on DVD copying software and blank DVD products to ensure that every step you take will be legal. DVD copying laws also state that selling any copied movies or software is illegal, so you should never, ever do anything like that under any circumstance.
There are DVD copying products out there that rip off the original movie’s coding. These software programs are created to bypass the copy-protection mechanisms. If you choose to make back up copies, then do so at your own risk. If, however, you wish to stick to the law for moral reasons, then make sure read those reviews to find out which programs don’t bypass any coding illegally! DVD copying laws are hard for some to understand, so if you’re truly worried about breaking any, do some research first.
The thing about DVD copying laws to remember, though, is that they’re always changing. As technology becomes more advanced, film and music production companies are just going to have to accept that the times are ‘a changin’. It takes the entertainment companies a few years to catch up with technology. Try keeping up with all the latest laws if you can. You also may be able to find some alternative solutions.
It may seem silly that there actually ARE DVD copying laws to begin with. The industry claims that the laws are in effect to protect consumers such as yourself from being ripped off by a bootleg seller. Obviously, the industry doesn’t give people like you and me enough credit for our common sense. It’s also heavily debated as to whether or not they truly care about the welfare of the consumers or just their own pockets.
Whatever the case may be, however, there are still DVD copying laws, and they need to be followed until better laws come along. If, for any reason, you choose to copy some DVD’s, try doing so without breaking the copy-protection mechanisms. Even then, do so at your own risk. For now, DVD copy laws aren’t the greatest, but hopefully, in time, the industry will catch up to modern technology and will make the laws more appropriate for everyone.
By: Matthew Henderson
To be Right Where We Need to be – We Live by the Law of Divine Order
The law of divine order teaches us to not feel, see or create ourselves as a victim in our life. You see a lot of people go through life with the belief that they are some how being punished or harassed by the harshness of society because we are unable to see the divine order that is in existence, and has been created that way so we can learn from everything that happens, whether we perceive them as good, bad or neutral.
It’s only our perceptions that taint a situation good or bad, but the fact is, from a viewpoint of the law of divine order, that everything happens in a perfect state of grace and is neither good or bad.
The main harmful point to us as human beings, and having a victim mentality is the fact we’re surrendering our control over to the external force of the material earth. In other words we giving away our spiritual power and becoming dependent on an external factor to control our own fate as humans (and in reality this fate can never be taken from us, it’s within us already, we only experience the illusion of it being taken from us, as we experience this illusion of material life, then we wake up again and are ourselves… spirits again). But you must remember this, you always have a choice to manifest your own destiny and create your very own divine life, the way that the law of divine order meant for it to be.
In order for us to be able to get passed the distortions of imperfection labelled by man, things are still happening in the perfect order that the universal energy desires. Once we realize and acknowledge this, we’ll realize that God really does have a purpose for everything that goes on, on this planet and the billions of other planets in the entire universe.
We have to learn to see divine order in every situation we have created for ourselves, and allow the universal force to work in unison with us and the circumstance that has manifested in our lives so we can learn the lesson of that divinely ordered series of events.
If you look at man’s law from this perspective, which has been created so that to some degree, we each express likeness and unity with each other. So we say things like, we’re individuals and need to be unique, we hear that for our general lives and quite a bit if you’re in business, as “differentiation” is one of the dominant factors. In this unique identity we are all trying to create for ourselves (so that we “fit in” or “stand out”), we each approve and accept a slice of the divine concept of identity.
For example, man’s law says that we must look beautiful (in accordance to man’s ideals of beauty), but the law of divine order states we are already in perfect condition, even if we are seen in man’s eye as “ugly” or not attractive, because natural universal laws don’t recognize vanity.
We also are led to believe that we must judge ourselves and “live up to” certain standards and goals that we set for ourselves, and when we don’t achieve them we think along the lines that we aren’t living up to our expectations and this can sometimes cause people to feel down and stuck in a rut. But these are all self-inflicted pains… The law of divine order states, “You are in order as long as you are listening to me.”
Can you begin to see the conflict between our own perceptions of perfect and that of the law of divine orders?
According to natural law we are all already perfect, beautiful, and in the right situation at the right time. Even those of us who are dying, taking their last breath, we do so in perfect grace and will of the ever powerful universe. For it’s not in our control to massage our fate, therefore all laws that we create for ourselves and our own lives for our own gain, are really temporary illusions.
Take for example the rose, it would still bloom even if man didn’t exist at all, it’s completely perfect without man. Every time a new baby is born, it’s created exactly the way nature intended it, even the ones we see as grossly deformed (that is yet another human outlook, not one of nature or grace). The fact that we see deformity, and abnormalities in our human form, and the fact that we think we can improve upon our shape and health by pumping ourselves full of all sorts of substances, doesn’t alter the fact that we all come into this world in a perfect state of grace, and we all leave this world in exactly the same way.
With or without human intervention, trees would still grow, the sun would still shine and the winds and rains would still occur in a perfect sense of purpose.
Therefore the purpose of the law of divine order is this, to see that absolutely everything happens for a reason and nothing by chance.
Here’s the challenge, to look upon all actions as part of divine order in accordance to that of the universal God intelligence. So instead of seeing certain situations as good or bad, we just see them as information that we can then utilize for future creations. We are in perfect essence right now, and that’s how we chose to be, and how we created ourselves right from the start, which is in the state of perfect grace.
The same goes for everyone around us, and sometimes it can be very difficult when our emotions are involved, but in the world of natural law, especially that of the law of divine order it takes but a fraction of a second for it to recognize everything is perfect in God’s world of divine order.
By not interfering with the way things are, and the way some people are because of the way we were brought up, or the way society wants us to conform. We’re able to work in this world and know that we can leave things as they are, because they are in a state of divine order.
This allows others to more easily connect on a soul level, and lets them discover they as a soul are better than they think from a human understanding. You see if we only offer sympathy, pity and empathetic views, we’ll only succeed in blocking their process of discovering their own divine process.
If we can concentrate on stimulating what is known as the Christ principle, which can be related back to the law of divine order. Because we irrespective of how we assimilate the actions and side effects we see in society, our family, others families and professions, things will be in a state of divine order. So to learn the lessons we’re here to learn, we need to practice “detachement” from our temporary home here on earth, and our bodies as the vehicle and begin to experience “gratitude” just for being part of this divine existence, and that we’ve been granted the right to come to earth and experience it all so we can grow as spiritual beings, and identify and learn from our human experiences.
In summarizing, here’s a final example… If we look upon illness in a human or creature of form as suffering, what we are actually doing is projecting the energy pattern of suffering to continue being active in that individual, as opposed to the energy of being in perfect health or state of grace. This is because we look upon illnesses such as cancer, HIV, and heart disease as a destructive energy.
If only we could refocus outside the socially accepted “norm” and see such events as an opportunity to grow and learn, for the individual with the so called affliction and for ourselves, we’d realize that the chance of greater self-discovery and attunement to our own God force has been right here inside of us all along.
By: Adam Price
Pro Life- Abortion is a Human Rights Violation
The most sacred and safest place in life is the mother’s womb where life is started or at least it should be. It is now not safe at all. No unborn child is safe anymore. And we consider ourselves a civilized society, not even close.
Imagine that, we sacrifice our own children through abortion for our own personal selfishness and convenience. Centuries ago cultures did human sacrifices and we are horrified that a culture would do that. Well we are doing the same thing through abortion. Human sacrifices for just mere convenience.
People talk about human rights issues, what about the right of the unborn. Don’t they have any rights or are we to decide who lives and dies. If the innocent can not be protected how can we possibly protect the rights of anyone else. Human rights and dignity start at birth. If we can not protect the right of the unborn then no one else is safe either.
We now live in a throw away society where nothing is sacred anymore. If we do not like something then we throw it away or kill it through abortion. When we kill an unborn child through abortion we kill ourselves spiritually. Instead of protecting and honoring life we destroy it for selfish reasons.
The argument comes up about rape or incest. True that these are horrifying acts, but why should an innocent child pay for the immoral behavior. They have a right to be born no matter what the circumstance of their conception.
Here is a scary statistic: 40 million abortions have been done in the US alone. Not counting other countries. That is more children being killed through abortion than all the people killed in all the wars in the 20th century and still counting. Planned parenthood should be called planned un-parenthood. They stop families from even being started.
Many people have never actually seen an abortion. So they think it really does not concern them, it concerns us all. The first time I saw one I could not believe what I was seeing I was horrified. I actually saw it online. I just had to see the actual act. I was not prepared for what I actually saw. The arms and legs were actually torn off the body. This was not some fetus it was an actual child about 7 months.
It was filmed undercover to show people what actually happens. You owe it to yourself to see an actual abortion. You could probably find one online somewhere. See one then make your decision.
And what about all the women who had abortions and now can never have a child. Their true motherhood has been taken away from them. Also the emotional and spiritual scares left behind.
The Declaration of Independence says “ life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” If you have no life you can forget about the other two. And if we take life away through abortion we can also forget about the other two. It affects humanity at a very deep level.
This may sound a little crazy but just perhaps abortion may possibly lead to communism. Because if you do not care about the unborn then how can you care about anyone else in the life cycle. Who is next the elderly? Euthanasia is right around the corner.
Do your research on every stage of abortion so you can be fully informed before doing it. And just perhaps you will change your mind and give life instead of destroying it.
By: Ron Randall