Kit Ballantyne was talking about Disney Video tapes when he said:
 KB>  People can buy as many copies as their budget supports,
 KB>  but that doesn't mean they are free to sell them.
 Hello Kit!
 Are you saying that we can buy a video, book, record, tape, photograph,
 cassette, or CD, but we can't sell them when we get tired of them?
 Must we throw them away?  Can we give them away?
 Is that illegal distribution?
 When a student sells her used textbooks back to the school bookstore
 or to another student, is she breaking the law?  Used bookstores buy
 and sell used books!  Who sells them the used books?  Law-breakers?
 In the CD-ROM Fidonet echo you are presently attempting to buy a CD
 from a person who makes his living buying and reselling used CD-ROMS.
 Is he breaking the law by doing this, Kit???
 What about all of the newspapers underwriting the cost of printing
 and delivering the daily news to your doorstep by selling classified
 advertisements to all of these people who are selling used books,
 videotapes, cassettes, etc. at garage sales?  Is that illegal too?
 Are we supporting a nation of law breakers?
 Kit, there are all manner of rights... distribution rights, copyrights,
 first right of publication, etc., etc., etc.  The right to reproduce an
 image can be limited to a form of media, such as a videocassette,
 a magazine, calendar, greeting card, t-shirt, etc.  "Rights" can also
 limit distribution to a given market or geographical area or region.
 Rights can limit the means of distribution... such as theatrical release,
 broadcast television, cable or radio broadcast.  Photographing and
 attempting to market an image of an identifiable landmark or person
 can also involve other rights.  Consider also that movies have soundtracks
 featuring music, voices, etc.  These are also copyrightable.
 This area of law is very strange and complex.  It's clear from the
 posts here that everyone would be better off if we just moved on
 and left this area of law to the real-life lawyers. 
 Oh, and by the way, buying several copies of a videotape with the
 intention of reselling them is not commonly referred to as "piracy."
 The term is more appropriately applied to the act of stealing, and/or
 illegally copying, and selling or otherwise distributing tapes.
 Since you are a Disney stockholder concerned about company profits,
 maybe you should think about the reasons why Disney intentionally limits
 the availability of certain products to given windows of time.
 Best Wishes, 
 Pinocchio
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