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Comment on YSK: You don't own your Kindle e-books.

oxjox@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Everyone should generally assume that unless you have something tangibly in your hand, you either do not own it or you may very easily and/or suddenly lose access to it. You could test this by trying to access the content without having to sign in to something.

All these streaming and subscription services should be considered ease of access conveniences. In other industries, you pay a premium for something to be prepared for you to consume. In the subscription industry, you’re paying less because you’re not paying for the content but for a license to temporarily consume the content (and probably because your info is being sold to advertisers).

Fun Fact: If you were to rip a Bluray to your computer, you’re legally not permitted to watch that movie if you’re no longer in possession of the disc. This is because you’re not purchasing the content of the disc but the license to view the content. Decrypting DRM is illegal not based on whether you own the content but because the DRM encryption itself is separately copyright protected.

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hedgehog@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Fun Fact: If you were to rip a Bluray to your computer, you’re legally not permitted to watch that movie if you’re no longer in possession of the disc.

Not sure why you think this.

You can legally rip a Bluray for backup purposes. If you sell or give away the Bluray, you have to delete the backed up copy. If it’s lost, stolen, or unintentionally damaged, you do not.

However, you cannot bypass the DRM to watch it or when you’re creating the backup. This is true regardless of whether you still possess the physical disc.

Decrypting DRM is illegal not based on whether you own the content but because the DRM encryption itself is separately copyright protected.

Bypassing DRM is illegal because the DMCA explicitly prohibits the circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works, and there isn’t an exemption for personal use, personal backups, or fair use in general.

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- oxjox@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  
  Not sure why you think this.
  
  You just reiterated what I said.
  
  If you were to rip a Bluray to your computer, you’re legally not permitted to watch that movie if you’re no longer in possession of the disc.
  
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  You can legally rip a Bluray for backup purposes. If you sell or give away the Bluray, you have to delete the backed up copy.
  
  Technically, if the FBI were to ask you to prove ownership of a digital copy and you had lost the disc, it would be illegal to retain that digital copy.
  
  Bypassing DRM is illegal because the DMCA explicitly prohibits the circumvention…
  
  Yes. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a law that covers copyright protections.
  
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