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I hope you'll forgive a brief plug:

I run Technical Video Rental. We're now in our third year of renting out instructional and craft videos online, and delivering them via first class mail to your door.

We carry videos on woodturning, woodworking, luthiery, etc.

You can see our selection at

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If there are any questions I can answer, please don't hesitate to write to me at

snipped-for-privacy@technicalvideorental.com

Thanks,

Travis J I Corcoran

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TJIC
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I've rented 3 of them now, one was unplayable (duped disk, replayed the first part of the show over, no ending)

Another was seriously scratched up, but did play in my 2nd player.

The 3rd disk played fine, no problems at all. While I like the service, and the price is right, I hope quality control picks up. If I get another scratched up one, I'm done.

Remove the nospam from my address to email me!!

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Xlat

A duped disk? That is pretty much against the law I'd say. I wonder what the copyright owner would have to say about a company which duplicates disks and then rents them out -- even if it is at a good price.

Bill

Xlat wrote:

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Bill Rubenstein

====>That may be covered in their FAQ on the website. As long as they are paying royalties, etc, I would imagine that it is similar to a public library loaning books they have purchased.

Leif

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Leif Thorvaldson

Ok, I just read the FAQ and did not see anywhere that is covered. Libraries can loan all the books they want but they cannot make a copy of a book and loan it out.

Bill

Leif Thorvalds>>A duped disk? That is pretty much against the law I'd say. I wonder what

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Bill Rubenstein

For the record, TVR absolutely does not duplicate or pirate disks.

All videos are original. Under US Copyright law, we have the right to rent out original copies that we purchase; we do NOT have the right to make copies.

As a copyright holder and as a patent holder myself, I take intellectual property laws VERY seriously.

Many of the authors we carry are running small, home based companies, and thus the DVDs they sell are home-made DVD+/-Rs.

I'll update the FAQ.

Thanks for the good question!

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TJIC

Xlat,

I'm sorry you've had some problems with quality control. If 1 in 100 disks has a scratch on it, the chance of renting two disks and having them both scratched (although you do note that the second one played in another player) is about 1 in 10,000.

On the other hand, given a large enough customer base, if the chance of something happening is 1 in 10,000, it will happen sooner or later.

Contact me off list, and I'll give you a free rental to make it up to you.

Thanks for the feedback,

TJIC

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TJIC

I've just updated the FAQ.

Thanks for the good questions!

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Some of the DVDs are DVD+/- R. Does this mean that you've duplicated / pirated them?

Absolutely not.

All videos are original. Under US Copyright law, we have the right to rent out original copies that we purchase; we do NOT have the right to make copies.

TVR takes intellectual property laws VERY seriously.

Many of the authors we carry are running small, home based companies, and thus the DVDs they sell are home-made DVD+/-Rs.

Other DVDs are from larger firms, and the DVDs they sell are normal pressed DVDs.

That's why you'll find a mix of DVD types in our inventory.

TJIC

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TJIC

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