Another reason to sail the high seas - eviltoast

$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    What’s the DRM like on a disc copy? I’ll admit that I’m not caught up, it’s been a long time since I bought physical media. Is it revocable?

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        1 year ago

        It’s not even grey - in the US it is illegal under the DMCA.

        I’m not up to date on ripping tools, though.

        • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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          1 year ago

          I know that in the EU, if you buy a video game and it runs poorly or not at all because of the DRM put in place by the publisher, you are allowed to use a crack. Dunno if it’s the same for a movie tho.

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            1 year ago

            The DMCA supersedes that - it’s still a crime to bypass copy protection mechanisms, and there are very few exceptions to that rule.

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      1 year ago

      With a physical item, first sale doctrine clearly applies, so you can own the movie, and resell it to somebody else, or lend it to your friends, or give it to a library. None of which is possible with a digital DRMed "ownership "