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It’s Still Illegal To Rip DVD And Blu-Ray Discs For Personal Use

The Librarian of Congress on Tuesday rejected, again, another proposal that would allow users to finally use software to rips legally bought media for personal use.

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justy1123102d ago

no it's not, it's only Illegal if you get caught. on a serious note i don't understand why it's still Illegal in the first place, i mean if you are going to use it for personal use and not put it online for everyone and their grandmother to download then it should be legal.

Dasteru3102d ago

Don't really care. Never given a crap about the law before, and i have no intention of starting now.

I pay for it, it is my sole property to do whatever the hell i want with, regardless of what some stupid laws say.

1nsomniac3102d ago

Well done on having the ability of common sense. It's such a shame that so many struggle with it. Have a bubble sir.

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RowdyNeil3101d ago

If I write a song and you are the head of the record company I am making it under, do I, the sole writer and creator of the song own it, or do you the record company own it? I own the song, because I created it. Therefore, when a dev of a game or writer/director of movie has their art published on a form of digital or physical media, they are still the sole owners of it. All you are buying is a license, you don't own jack sh*t. case closed.

Skate-AK3101d ago

That isn't 100% true. If you sign a major label contract everything you create is owned by them. The record company pay for studio time and features. Therefore they own the music. Some rappers have had to buy themselves out of their contract to even use their stage name.

Zenimax is sueing Oculus Rift because they are saying tech that John Carmack is giving them was made while he worked at Zenimax. Since he was a paid worker using their money to develop tech, they are saying he doesn't own it because he used their money to create it.

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TLG19913102d ago

So what do they think people are doing when they go and keep buying DVD/BLU Ray writer drives?

Stringerbell3102d ago

They market those under the ability to back up personal movies / content you have created.

barb_wire3102d ago

I don't give a chit what they say.. I've always ripped my bought dvd's/blu-ray's so that I can save my discs.

It's for my personel use, I don't sell what I rip or upload to any sites, who the hell am I hurting if they've already gotten their money from me?

iliimaster3101d ago

what bs man especially dvds that can get ruined with just one mishandle... now a days with mobile tablets laptops etc why can't u make a copy for all viewing devices u own

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Can the Xbox Series X play DVD movies?

The Series X comes with a disc drive, but can it play DVDs?

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It’s 2018 and somehow Netflix’s DVD business is still thriving, while Redbox attempts to keep up

Netflix, your favorite reason to stay home and ignore whatever shred of a social life you purport to have, isn’t just a streaming network of original programming and a reminder of how terrible Friends was. It’s also still a DVD rental service. A DVD rental service that is profitable as hell for Netflix. To the tune of $56 million in profit on just $99 million in revenue.

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ajax172165d ago

It's not that shocking. There's still plenty of people with terrible internet speeds.

KillZallthebeast2165d ago

Redbox not thriving is sort of a surprisie in certain areas. Some of my friends still have dial up speed where they live

dumahim2165d ago

It's somehow thriving because if I want to watch damn near any movie I want, I can get it via DVD or Blu-ray and not have to hunt around to see if it's streaming somewhere or have to pay $4-5 to rent a single movie.

Amplitude2165d ago

Ive got Netflix and Prime Video and tbh i still buy and rent a lot of blurays. Even a 3 or 4 GB torrent doesnt look or sound anything close to a bluray and im especially pretty obsessed with building my 4k collection.

I have a rental store down the street though...

Cobra9512165d ago

I remember Netflix having many more recent movies available on DVD than for streaming. Unless they've managed since then to license for streaming all the movies people want to watch, I understand why DVDs are still flying through the postal system.

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Vudu's smartphone app now lets you transform your old DVDs into digital copies

You can finally kiss your dusty collection of DVDs goodbye with Vudu's smartphone app. Finally.

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