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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media (www.latimes.com)
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[–] 68 points 7 months ago (14 children)

If you don't hold it, you don't own it. Unless you take the DVD from them, you can't remove their access to the movie stored on that disc.

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  • [–] 25 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Technically network connected blu ray players can be updated to region lock you out of your content.

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    So don't connect them to the Internet

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, just being pedantic with a risk that people don’t think of.

    I think the blu ray secret keys leaked so you can rip them anyways.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    That’s completely bullshit. I can’t hold any of the thousands of videos on my NAS, yet they can’t remove access to them.

    Dvds are another form of pollution. We don’t need rotting plastic circles to store our videos on. Pirate your movies and own it for far longer than a DVD will be readable.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    You can’t hold your NAS? It actually weighs very slightly more with data on it.

    DVD have already polluted and currently exist and are rotting, and need to be ripped to longer term storage, especially for media that is becoming lost and needs a custodian to host so it can be pirated online. A lot of things cannot because no one has it, but it still exists in physical form.

    Some may be ok with a whatever resolution streaming service webrip but I want the original dvd HD remaster, before they re-remastered it with only a single layer disk instead of double, messing up the original faithful rerelease that was already anticipated during filming when the show was filmed in HD widescreen film, but originally released in SD for broadcast due to the time. Plus, you can’t webrip the “banned” episodes if they’re not available.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    DVD and especially blue ray still have DRM and license terms, which . means you still don't own it. Only way to own media is to pirate it

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    license terms

    In most places ownership laws make those licences unenforceable - not in the legal sense, but practically - hard to lock you out of a DVD.

    Great option for those still politically opposed to pirating stuff.

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