Comment on [Louis Rossmann] Piracy is COMPLETELY justified: Louis tries NetFlix and remembers why
axby@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I may have missed it, but does he (or anyone else) have recommendations for options to simply pay for content and get high quality DRM free files?
And how much of a pain in the ass is it to buy DVD box sets and rip them? Presumably that’s legal for personal use? Is that the only way? :(
I have some additional frustrations with Netflix:
Some vinyl comes with a download card for lossless files.
Companies need to make it clear which and I would personally pay full price. As it is I only buy on sale and the cards are a bonus.
Ripping discs sucks but it's a one time thing.
Some of the end credits on netflix are longer than the show. I would kill for auto skip in jellyfin.
In the US, you can make an archival copy of software for yourself.
However, you can't sell it, give it away or use someone else's archival copy for something you do have already.
Audiovisual works fall under Section III, 1 of the exemptions, including video.
Computer Programs fall under Section III, 5 - 12.
Explicitly software isn't even mentioned until Section III, 6 though E-Books falls under Section III, 1D which is obviously software.
Under PROPOSED CLASS 1: AUDIOVISUAL WORKS---CRITICISM AND COMMENT DVD CCA, screen captures and viewing the media in a classroom as part of the concerns of those that were against the exemption in Section III, 1 specifically.
These exemptions definitely do not just encompass software only.
The DMCA and copyright law does not allow any of this without the exemptions. These are exemptions to those laws and what is contained in them is legally allowed.
For audiobooks I recently discovered libro.fm and it works great. You can use their app to listen to it like any other service, but you can also just download the plain drm-free mp3s. For music there is bandcamp if the artist is on there, but for movies and series I’m not aware of any vendors like that. DVDs I don’t see as an option because their file size limit is too low, the quality on a modern TV looks really bad. And Blurays are a whole other level of DRM hell.
Thanks for this! I’m so glad to see an audible alternative.
There WAS bandcamp…
I know it got sold twice and I am worried about the future but I believe they still have the same purchase and download options for now.
Autoplay next episode is what many people want.
But Netflix or platform should let users make their own choice and put autoplay in the option/setting.
But Netflix or platform should let users make their own choice and put autoplay in the option/setting.
On Netflix, it is in the Profile settings.
options to simply pay for content and get high quality DRM free files (edit: I mean legally)?
Lmao. Heard of geoblocking? My Jellyfin instance has no geoblocking tho. 🙆
And how much of a pain in the ass is it to buy DVD box sets and rip them? Presumably that’s legal for personal use? Is that the only way? :(
It can be a pain at first when you figure out a schema, look for software etc., then just a matter of inserting a disc and pressing a button. DVDs are easy to rip, there are fully open source programs to do it, for example libcss from VLC team. And DVDs don’t require using leaked decryption keys like BluRays.
It is legal depending on the country. In US it’s in gray area as you strip down DRM. In country I live in (Poland) from my research there are no such measures and copyright works differently. In Poland the movie/music is untied from medium you bought it on, so copying is legal but selling or giving those copies without destroying other copies you have is illegal.
My advice is that for first dozens of movies don’t play with Jellyfin and storing them. DVD player on USB is the best and rip just to have movies for a trip or on a phone. Just out of simplicity, why spend time managing backups, storage shares and additional machines when there is only a few titles to manage.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I believe ripping your DVDs is technically illegal because breaking CSS is a violation of the DMCA. It is quite easy to do though. MakeMKV is great.
Kid_Thunder@kbin.social 7 months ago
There is actually a DMCA exemption (1201) for ripping DVD's and bypassing the DRM for copyright that falls under fair-use otherwise. The Librarian of Congress has the power to grant these exemptions to the DMCA and grants quite a few other things. Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
helenslunch@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Do they define “noninfringing uses” anywhere?
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Huh, I guess I’m not the bad-boy who plays by his own set of rules that I kept telling myself I was.
Thanks for the correction.