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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing (www.bbc.com)
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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing::In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, "streaming anxiety" is making people buy more DVDs, records – and even cassette tapes.

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[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

It's odd to me that there are places that would consider that piracy

In my country (the Netherlands), to my knowledge, you have the right to do whatever you like with your copy of a movie as long as you don't distribute it.
That includes ripping it, and putting the mkv on your personal server. That is precisely what the home-copy tax is for afterall..

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I am Mexican and at this point I think I have more pirated stuff than purchased, in a nutshell, I know my shit and what OP said ain't piracy whatsoever.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Australia: If you do that for interoperability (in this case you want it accessible from your library) it's legal.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

It's that way in the US too.

Copying isn't piracy, it's fair-use.

[–] ky56@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Depending on where you live, I believe the loop hole is that ripping media for personal use is legal but breaking the DRM and/or sharing the DRM breaking program is illegal.