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I use Jellyfin quite often, for a fairly large library, and I don’t pirate anything. You can still buy physical media, and if you own that media, it’s totally
by ncallaway 3y ago
I use Jellyfin quite often, for a fairly large library, and I don’t pirate anything.
You can still buy physical media, and if you own that media, it’s totally legal to rip to digital storage.
- UtopiaPunk 3y agoIn the USA it is definitely not legal to rip any physical media that has any DRM, which is practically all DVDs and Bluray movies (because of the DMCA). But I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone with a moral stance against doing so.
- Mindwipe 3y agoBreaking DRM to rip physical media isn't legal in basically any mainstream country in the world (since membership of the WTO requires you to pass an anti-circumvention law). Heck, in major nations (like the UK) ripping unencrypted media isn't legal.
- ncallaway 3y agoMy understanding is that the librarian of Congress has granted an exemption to the DMCA anti-circumvention clause to allow ripping DVDs for non-infringing fair use purposes, including personal backups. I am not a lawyer, though.
- Mindwipe 3y agoThey have not. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-28/pdf/2021-23311.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-10-28/pdf/2021-2... There were campaigners asking for one but it wasn't given.