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I would rather suggest not succumbing to self-censorship & chilling effects. Though I find myself wondering whether a screenshot of a .mkv of a copyrighted fil

by pfp 6y ago

I would rather suggest not succumbing to self-censorship & chilling effects. Though I find myself wondering whether a screenshot of a .mkv of a copyrighted film is really tactful for a Serious Project aimed at mainstream audience. Chilling effects again. Maybe the user just ripped his own DVD/BR for personal convenience.

garmaine 6y ago
It's not chilling effects. It's honest-to-god photographic evidence of breaking the law. Now it's a shit law that I certainly don't agree with, but it is law. MPAA would be fully within their legal rights to shut this project down, with prejudice, based on that screenshot. Why risk it?
- KMnO4 6y ago
  What law prevents one from owning a movie on their hard drive? What if they purchased this movie?
  - garmaine 6y ago
    The DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision, and similar laws on other jurisdictions.
capableweb 6y ago
> screenshot of a .mkv of a copyrighted film is really tactful for a Serious Project aimed at mainstream audience Take a look at the VLC homepage. I think VLC is both a serious project and aimed at mainstream audience, but somehow they "got the balls" to use screenshots from Ironman and more. I agree with your "not succumbing to self-censorship" in general.