Zach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agoAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square284fedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down138file-text
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1imageAnother reason to sail the high seassh.itjust.worksZach@sh.itjust.works to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square284fedilinkfile-text
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
minus-squarexcjs@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoIt’s not even grey - in the US it is illegal under the DMCA. I’m not up to date on ripping tools, though.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoI 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.
minus-squaregrayman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoUS allows you to have a personal backup copy.
minus-squarexcjs@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoThe DMCA supersedes that - it’s still a crime to bypass copy protection mechanisms, and there are very few exceptions to that rule.
Gray area at best.
It’s not even grey - in the US it is illegal under the DMCA.
I’m not up to date on ripping tools, though.
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.
US allows you to have a personal backup copy.
The DMCA supersedes that - it’s still a crime to bypass copy protection mechanisms, and there are very few exceptions to that rule.