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Blu-ray / DVD movies, digital copies, and legality

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CurseTheSky

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Hi guys,

Making the move from CDs to digital MP3s and FLAC files years ago has made my life a ton easier. I have music easily available wherever I go and it only takes a second to change from one album to the next, or play a collective list that can go on for days.

I'd like to do the same thing with my movie collection, but I read somewhere that it's not legal to rip a movie like you can with CDs, due to the inherent DRM. Is this true? While I realize most people aren't concerned about this, I will be running a small business using the computers I currently have, and the last thing I want to deal with is any sort of unnecessary legal trouble.

Finally, even if it isn't within the law, I noticed a number of Blu-rays I've bought recently come with a separate digital copy disc. Is this simply a copy of the movie intended for you to store on your computer and play as you please? I haven't bothered to look into it.

Thanks.
 
I have a very large collection of older movies on DVD. I also have them ripped to my server so I can watch them on any of my computers or HTPCs. I really don't care about the "legality" as says the MPAA as I bought them and this is how I want to USE them. The original discs only go into the computer if I somehow loose my copies on the server. Why should I put my discs at risk when I want to watch them? Some of these DVDs are out of print and basically not replaceable.

If you are not uploading your rips to torrent sites I do not see the harm in using them on your home network. Why the hell would any sane person who has an HTPC let little kids use physical DVDs when they can be viewed from your server with the DVDs safely in storage??
 
It is technically against the law the bypass the encryption on DVDs and BDs, but if you're doing it with your own media and not uploading it, rip away.
 
Ronstang said:
I have a very large collection of older movies on DVD. I also have them ripped to my server so I can watch them on any of my computers or HTPCs. I really don't care about the "legality" as says the MPAA as I bought them and this is how I want to USE them. The original discs only go into the computer if I somehow loose my copies on the server. Why should I put my discs at risk when I want to watch them? Some of these DVDs are out of print and basically not replaceable.

If you are not uploading your rips to torrent sites I do not see the harm in using them on your home network. Why the hell would any sane person who has an HTPC let little kids use physical DVDs when they can be viewed from your server with the DVDs safely in storage??
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Same here. Though after I ripped the DVD collection my wife says "Great, I can sell these on Amazon now."

me: "No, we have to keep the original copy too."

her (all huffy): "Well...what's the point then?"

😀

I still love her despite her thieving ways.
 
That's exactly my thought - rip the DVDs and BRs to a hard drive, and then store the originals for safe keeping. In this day and age, it's just pointless to keep hard copies around with you. Luckily I have absolutely no intention of using torrents or otherwise making the material publicly available.

Now the question is, what software to use?

Thanks guys. 🙂
 
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