Ben Affleck used video iPod to prepare for latest role

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On last night's episode of The Tonight Show, actor Ben Affleck revealed that he used his video iPod to help him prepare for his role in the upcoming movie Hollywoodland. Portraying the late George Reeves who starred as the original Superman, Affleck put every episode of the original series to his video iPod to he could watch them repeatedly in order to get a feel for Reeves' mannerisms.

Since the original Superman series is unavaiable through the iTunes Music Store, is can likely be assumed that Affleck acquired DVDs of the series and used his computer to "rip" them into iPod-compatible format. This is in stark contrast with the movie studios' collective claim that the simple act of ripping a legally purchased DVD into a computer is a violation of the law.

While it's possible that the studio gave Affleck permission to rip the DVDs into his computer, the fact that a famous actor is apparently ripping DVDs into his iPod (in order to help him make a movie, no less) would appear to strengthen the argument made by those users who believe that ripping a purchased DVD into a computer falls under fair and normal use and is therefore legal.
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