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This is why I don't have a DVD/BD player and only use streaming services. I almost never watch the same movie more than once.

by zirgs 4y ago

Fnoord 4y ago
Me neither, but there are some exceptions. The original Star Wars trilogy, LOTR, Dune, ... My wife loves Harry Potter. So we got these ripped. We ditched her DVD collection after ripping everything. Legal copies, saving space. Don't even think we brought them to some second hand store.
- scintill76 4y ago
  IANAL but I don’t think your rips would be legal if you gave the discs to a second hand store or any other person. Circumvention clause of the DMCA probably makes DVD rips illegal in the US, even if you keep your original copy and don’t otherwise violate copyright law.
  - Fnoord 4y ago
    In The Netherlands, yes I am quite sure they are legal copies. They'd been even legal copies if you rented them and made a copy. You don't need to own the original, all you need is that the source was both legal and legally in your possession. You're then allowed to make a copy of it for private use. You're not allowed to distribute it further, you don't have a license for that. My US ex did the same. She'd rent Netflix DVDs, rip them, and bring them back. Tho that was a long time ago as Netflix DVDs suggests (2005). Furthermore, I do not feel morally bad about the practice, and the chance of getting into legal trouble with such (if it were illegal) is so small that I simply wouldn't care. You'd have to face a civil court, and how would any party know about your collection if you keep it private?
    - scintill76 4y ago
      Fair, I should have said my comments were US-specific.
Gigachad 4y ago
I'll rewatch when it's been long enough that I have mostly forgotten what happened. Not at all worth keeping DVDs around for that.
Existenceblinks 4y ago
Same type. It's urgggg feeling to re-watch a movie. I can say that I never, but I don't remember exactly so almost never is accurate.

This is why I don't have a DVD/BD player and only use streaming services. I almost never watch the same movie more than once.

by zirgs 4y ago

This is why I don't have a DVD/BD player and only use streaming services. I almost never watch the same movie more than once.

Fnoord 4y ago

Me neither, but there are some exceptions. The original Star Wars trilogy, LOTR, Dune, ... My wife loves Harry Potter. So we got these ripped. We ditched her DVD collection after ripping everything. Legal copies, saving space. Don't even think we brought them to some second hand store.

scintill76 4y ago
IANAL but I don’t think your rips would be legal if you gave the discs to a second hand store or any other person. Circumvention clause of the DMCA probably makes DVD rips illegal in the US, even if you keep your original copy and don’t otherwise violate copyright law.
- Fnoord 4y ago
  In The Netherlands, yes I am quite sure they are legal copies. They'd been even legal copies if you rented them and made a copy. You don't need to own the original, all you need is that the source was both legal and legally in your possession. You're then allowed to make a copy of it for private use. You're not allowed to distribute it further, you don't have a license for that. My US ex did the same. She'd rent Netflix DVDs, rip them, and bring them back. Tho that was a long time ago as Netflix DVDs suggests (2005). Furthermore, I do not feel morally bad about the practice, and the chance of getting into legal trouble with such (if it were illegal) is so small that I simply wouldn't care. You'd have to face a civil court, and how would any party know about your collection if you keep it private?
  - scintill76 4y ago
    Fair, I should have said my comments were US-specific.

Gigachad 4y ago

I'll rewatch when it's been long enough that I have mostly forgotten what happened. Not at all worth keeping DVDs around for that.

Existenceblinks 4y ago

Same type. It's urgggg feeling to re-watch a movie. I can say that I never, but I don't remember exactly so almost never is accurate.