They can also revoke the licences on the disks.
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RHTeebs@startrek.website 9 months ago
This is why we must protect physical media. Buy, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD.
Herowyn@jlai.lu 9 months ago
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 9 months ago
What does that mean practically though?
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 months ago
Depends, I think (don’t quote me on this though) blu rays DRM keys can be revoked for that disk, meaning Blu ray players can reject a DRM.
You can also revoke a key hooked to a Blu ray player - making it possible to stop a player from playing any DRM protected
faultyproboscus@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Nah. This would require an update be sent out to every blu ray player, which is not feasible unless they were all standardized to a single database or service for their license keys.
Even if that were the case, which it’s not, the device would need to connect to the internet for this scheme to work.
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 9 months ago
Oh wow okay, so it would fuck over a lot of people but not everyone. I knew about blu ray but I was thinking everyone with DVDs would be safe. If that happens, though, VHS tapes will be probably popular again
Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Not necessarily. A torrent is more sustainable. Eventually people with physical copies will die or they get lost/broken a torrent can be spread to many more people, making it less likely to die, and new users can get access to it. Just make sure to seed over 1x at leasy so you can spread it.
nicoweio@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You just need to read physical media like stored somewhere you have physical control over, without DRM, and there hardly remains any disagreement.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 9 months ago
Sure, but generally physical media means a dedicated item for each one. It’s usually called digital media if it’s stored on a drive somewhere. For example, my computer doesn’t have any way to play physical media, or the Xbox series S is all digital.