can THEY tell if a movie has been ripped?

I just went to my local video store to BUY a movie. I noticed a note on their door that said "WE CAN TELL IF THE MOVIES YOU RENT HAVE BEEN COPIED, WE WILL CALL THE AUTHORITIES". Has anyone ever heard of this?

I didnt think so. The owners of the store have told my neighbour that it will erase the disk. I have been doing this for years and have never erased one of my own disks.:p

Hehe, which place is this? Talk about scare tactics..

Yea it is a small pizza/video store. I just thought it was funny, in such a small town they would do well to rent to pirates, it would probably boost there business. I copy my own dvds that I have bought. I am almost afraid to let anyone know that I can do it. It would get back to the store in no time. So the chances of people passing around burnt copies is pretty low.

People who believe in that disk-erasing garbage, should be ignorant enough not to know how to backup a movie anyways :D

what if you dub to VHS? :)

Didn't you guys know that reading with the laser erodes the pits slightly and by measuring the signal to noise ratio, they can tell if you have read certain areas of the disk that aren't read by normal players? Sheesh, the ignorance around here. :)

Really, it would be like the liberry posting a sign that reads "We can tell if you Xerox our books!"

you should tell the owner to remove that sign, cause it's pretty much like saying "yes people, it's actually possible to copy a movie" piracy doesn't not hurt the rental business much, sharing does