$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it… Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.

Buying the disk is still owning it (which is another $5 less on amazon BTW) though it is not out yet.

Alien Nathan Edward
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What’s the DRM like on a disc copy? I’ll admit that I’m not caught up, it’s been a long time since I bought physical media. Is it revocable?

@jet@hackertalks.com
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With a physical item, first sale doctrine clearly applies, so you can own the movie, and resell it to somebody else, or lend it to your friends, or give it to a library. None of which is possible with a digital DRMed "ownership "

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@grayman@lemmy.world
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Gray area at best.

xcjs
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It’s not even grey - in the US it is illegal under the DMCA.

I’m not up to date on ripping tools, though.

Karyoplasma
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I know that in the EU, if you buy a video game and it runs poorly or not at all because of the DRM put in place by the publisher, you are allowed to use a crack. Dunno if it’s the same for a movie tho.

@grayman@lemmy.world
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US allows you to have a personal backup copy.

xcjs
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The DMCA supersedes that - it’s still a crime to bypass copy protection mechanisms, and there are very few exceptions to that rule.

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