Another reason to sail the high seas
$25 to rent the movie, one watch within max 24 hours after you start watching it... Or $5 more to own it. Scammers.
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$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.
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?
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 "
Gray area at best.
It's not even grey - in the US it is illegal under the DMCA.
I'm not up to date on ripping tools, though.
US allows you to have a personal backup copy.
The DMCA supersedes that - it's still a crime to bypass copy protection mechanisms, and there are very few exceptions to that rule.
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.