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The reason is simple. It's because fuck you. (discuss.online)
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[–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

It prevents changing encoding formats and that's about it. It's bothersome for pirates but hardly a challenge.

If you needed a special key to run a disks then there would be a monopoly on DVD players.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)
    • If you do not break the encryption, the data is fully useless.
    • Breaking the encryption is illegal.

    I don't know why anything but those two facts would matter at all.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    The first one. The "useless" part. ISOs can be used extremely easily.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    Yes, by decrypting breaking the encryption on them, which is breaking the law. You know, the thing you said wasn't true? Pointlessly spinning this up into an argument that makes no sense to have.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Decryption isn't illegal. Bypassing encryption without a license is illegal. There's a difference.
    When you play a DVD you're decrypting it using a licensed piece of hardware. Windows and Mac both have dvd playback licences (or they did, it looks like Windows now charges extra). A fair bit of software either comes with a license or technically requires you to buy one.

    https://vlc-user-documentation.readthedocs.io/en/latest/support/faq/legalconcerns.html

    Specifically the portion on commercial or broadcast usage.

    You will need to contact the licensor on how to comply with these licenses. This goes for playing a DVD with VLC for your personal enjoyment ($2.50 one time payment to MPEG LA) as well as for using VLC for streaming a live event in MPEG-4 over the Internet.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago*

    When I said "decrypt" I simply meant "break the encryption". Which colloquially were used interchangeably back when this topic mattered a lot more. I guess the software I used called "DVDDecrypter" was probably made by idiots according to you, because that wasn't specific enough. Clearly such a name could imply that it was a DVD player and not a ripper. lol

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago*

    False. US law does not make it illegal for companies to implement copy protection, quite the opposite. Playing it back is the entire point for the user and the only reason the company can make money. US law makes it illegal to do anything whatsoever to circumvent any kind of mechanism designed to protect intellectual property. This extends to cases where only some asshole lawyer would even pretend to believe it's justifiable (such as making it illegal for you to service your own farm equipment).

    I don't know if you're lying or misinformed, but spreading misinformation here won't be further tolerated.

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