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Buying/storing disks requires a lot of space and hardware many people do not own anymore though, plus if you want to rip them to a personal media server you sti

by mojzu 4y ago

Buying/storing disks requires a lot of space and hardware many people do not own anymore though, plus if you want to rip them to a personal media server you still need to break the DRM which depending on the country can be illegal

falcolas 4y ago
Given that we're talking about movies on the PS store, even the PS5 has an edition with a blu-ray / DVD player. If you care about being able to play media over time (including games), you'll want that disk version in the first place. Piracy still not required. More convenient, yes. But not required.
- malka 4y ago
  Lot of stuff is no longer released in a physical form anyway. Or is not sold ouside the US.
- juve1996 4y ago
  Piracy is more convenient and there are no consequences. You're looking at the problem incorrectly. People will pirate. Whether or not it's right or wrong is irrelevant. even if it's not "That much harder to X, Y, Z", people will do what is easiest.
gjsman-1000 4y ago
> plus if you want to rip them to a personal media server you still need to break the DRM which depending on the country can be illegal And piracy isn't illegal? I know which one is definitely more legal and more ethical.
aidenn0 4y ago
> Buying/storing disks requires a lot of space https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/924197-REG/case_logic_bnb_208_capacity_nylon_cd_dvd.html/?msclkid=bdc8644f1c00108d090306837c011e80 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/924197-REG/case_logic... or https://www.amazon.com/Snap-N-Store-Double-Storage-6-125-SNS03316/dp/B071LTJ8TQ?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/Snap-N-Store-Double-Storage-6-125-SNS... > .. and hardware many people do not own anymore https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Ray-Player-External-Laptop-Burner/dp/B001TVAU0E/ref=sr_1_4 https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Ray-Player-External-Laptop-Burner... ~3 months of Netflix standard gets you storage for 100s of discs plus a drive to play them on.
cxr 4y ago
> if you want to rip them to a personal media server you still need to break the DRM In the case of DVDs, you can just back them up by imaging the DVD with all parts intact—no deCSS necessary. This is partially what made DMCA anticircumvention legislation so braindead. The people hardest hit were those whose behavior was otherwise ethical and legal. The folks selling burned/counterfeit copies at the flea market or in the street, on the other hand, were undeterred, because (a) DMCA didn't make anything impossible—it just made a new class of things illegal—but the thing the bootleggers were doing (copyright infringement) was _already_ illegal! and (b) system used on DVDs restricts playback; it's not a copy protection system—because (again) if you want to copy a DVD, you can: you just make sure to copy the "DRM" parts, too.

by mojzu 4y ago

falcolas 4y ago

Given that we're talking about movies on the PS store, even the PS5 has an edition with a blu-ray / DVD player. If you care about being able to play media over time (including games), you'll want that disk version in the first place. Piracy still not required. More convenient, yes. But not required.

malka 4y ago
Lot of stuff is no longer released in a physical form anyway. Or is not sold ouside the US.
juve1996 4y ago
Piracy is more convenient and there are no consequences. You're looking at the problem incorrectly. People will pirate. Whether or not it's right or wrong is irrelevant. even if it's not "That much harder to X, Y, Z", people will do what is easiest.

gjsman-1000 4y ago

> plus if you want to rip them to a personal media server you still need to break the DRM which depending on the country can be illegal And piracy isn't illegal? I know which one is definitely more legal and more ethical.

aidenn0 4y ago

> Buying/storing disks requires a lot of space https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/924197-REG/case_logic_bnb_208_capacity_nylon_cd_dvd.html/?msclkid=bdc8644f1c00108d090306837c011e80 https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/924197-REG/case_logic... or https://www.amazon.com/Snap-N-Store-Double-Storage-6-125-SNS03316/dp/B071LTJ8TQ?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 https://www.amazon.com/Snap-N-Store-Double-Storage-6-125-SNS... > .. and hardware many people do not own anymore https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Ray-Player-External-Laptop-Burner/dp/B001TVAU0E/ref=sr_1_4 https://www.amazon.com/Blu-Ray-Player-External-Laptop-Burner... ~3 months of Netflix standard gets you storage for 100s of discs plus a drive to play them on.

cxr 4y ago

> if you want to rip them to a personal media server you still need to break the DRM In the case of DVDs, you can just back them up by imaging the DVD with all parts intact—no deCSS necessary. This is partially what made DMCA anticircumvention legislation so braindead. The people hardest hit were those whose behavior was otherwise ethical and legal. The folks selling burned/counterfeit copies at the flea market or in the street, on the other hand, were undeterred, because (a) DMCA didn't make anything impossible—it just made a new class of things illegal—but the thing the bootleggers were doing (copyright infringement) was _already_ illegal! and (b) system used on DVDs restricts playback; it's not a copy protection system—because (again) if you want to copy a DVD, you can: you just make sure to copy the "DRM" parts, too.