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This reminds me of when I used to do outdoor movie setups for a municipality's parks/culture group. We would obtain the necessary license for public performance
by hunter2_ 10y ago
This reminds me of when I used to do outdoor movie setups for a municipality's parks/culture group. We would obtain the necessary license for public performance of the film, and with that came a loaner DVD, but then I'd feed the projector from a laptop using a torrented Bluray rip for the higher quality. I'd then delete the file without playing it under any other circumstance. Not piracy, amirite?
- DaiPlusPlus 10y agoWhat about the cases where the film distributors charge $x for the DVD version and $y (where $y > $x) for the BD version? - and you licensed the DVD version but played a BD torrent?
- DKnoll 10y agoI hate those DVDs with a passion... the password protection is a bit much. It wasn't so long ago that they still came on VHS, too.
- hunter2_ 10y agoI actually didn't know about the password... we were popping them into a consumer DVD player and they just played. But between fiddling with remotes and the audience seeing the OSD play/pause I just got sick of it and switched over to the laptop... which has no optical drive, but does have a torrent client :)
- DKnoll 10y agoAh, might just be certain distributors or studios then. I did a similar movies in the park event many times and we tended to show Disney movies. I miss wrangling giant inflatable screens sometimes but quickly come to my senses.
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