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>buy two euros a dvd with movie from 1959
>put in dvd reader, launch vlc/mpv
>bullshit copying is theft ad appears
>ad loop infinitly
>???
>movie is encrypted
>encryption is here because of the US DMCA
>The Digital Millennium Copyright Act came into effect in 1998 in the USA. It’s a copyright law that includes anti-circumvention measures. Essentially, it makes it illegal to circumvent “technological protection measures,” including cell phone locks and protections against installing unapproved software on tablets like Apple’s iPad and Microsoft’s Surface RT (jailbreakin)
>there's libdvdcss
>I don't have time for this.jpg
>copy past name of the movie in torrent search engine
>find it
>2 min later it works
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@mangeurdenuage I'm of the belief that technological usage restrictions (TUR or DRM) are a mistake. If people want to view / listen to media and the companies make it easy and cheap enough, then the overwhelming majority of people won't take the chance of getting a malware infected file-sharing copy.
(Yeah, I know. That means not telling themselves they are entitled to their bloated markups.)
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Most companies nowadays stream music or movies, afaik.
The root of the problem is copyright, however. If you try arguing against that, the argument will be about money and profitability. 'They're not making as much money because current copyright isn't enough (nevermind sinking a huge budget into making a bad movie).'
I'd just support free culture and FOSS gaming, and stop dealing with copyrighted works.