Little Fockers DVD: I cannot fast forward the ads

[Locut0s]

Not illegal for backup purposes.

1. Buy BD or DVD
2. Rip disc
3. Place mint condition disc back into case and on the shelf
4. Burn backup
5. Play backup, allow kids & dog to scratch and bite all to hell, burn another one when its unplayable.

I do this with CD's too, as my car's CD player LOVES to scratch discs when they get ejected. Nothing infuriates me more than having to buy another copy at full price in the case that the media becomes unreadable or destroyed for any reason.

This all depends on where you are. In many countries the act of breaking the DRM copy wright protection on the disc is what is illegal not necessarily making the copy for your own viewing purposes.

 

[Jeff7]

He's saying that Blu-Ray is supposed to be a premium format, for movie enthusiasts. As such, there should be a standard way to skip the ads. I'm fine with prohibited operations if they're used only to make interactive things work correctly (games and such), but the BD alliance should mandate that you can skip ads that play automatically. They should force compliance with fines and replacement programs when a non-compliant disc is reported.

Or car bombs, or horse heads in beds, as needed.

 

[Spikesoldier]

This all depends on where you are. In many countries the act of breaking the DRM copy wright protection on the disc is what is illegal not necessarily making the copy for your own viewing purposes.

That may be true but it is laxly enforced. i.e. street vendors with the latest divx downloads

 

[Ichinisan]

Advertising on tapes, DVDs and BluRays is evil.

We still have VHS tapes from when my kids were much smaller, and they have advertisements that are ridiculously out of date (especially the ads for software and the Disney website).

MotionMan

Some BDs I've seen have no ads unless you have an Internet connection and approve that disc to access the Internet. After that, it streams up-to-date advertisements. So "coming to theaters" no longer features a movie that was released to home video 5 years ago. :thumbsup: