Since piracy and ripping our own are both illegal, I think piracy is the best options since it's cheaper, has the same risks associated, and you don't have to use your own CPU cycles to recode the material. Really, it is in your best interest to see which carries the highest risk of getting caught vs the size of the penalty if you do get caught if you want to use your media the way you want to use it.
They're trying to fight piracy by punishing people who buy media. That seems counter-productive. I understand the mission, but their methods are stupid.
Its oh so very interesting that they are now trying to make it illegal to rip your movie collection so you could store it on a home server to stream to different TV's around the house, etc.
And they wonder why people would rather downloaded a movie already ripped and ready than to buy it when it has some random DRM shit on it like Cinavia.
I remember taking my CDs to school as a Pre-teen and trading them with my friends for different CDs. We would do this at lunch.
Little did I know this would be criminal today.
I still remember begging my mother to go into FYE and pay $13 for a CD I wanted. I still remember CD's being at the top of my Birthday and Christmas wish lists.
My 5 year old sister will probably never know what its like to actually want to buy a CD and to be able to do what you want with it.
Let see, the first thing I ever pirated was Modern Warefare 1, because my mom bought the game and the serial number did not work. I had my mother call IW's customer service, she sent them pictures and scans of the code. They said it had been used and they refused to issue a new one.
I couldn't have used the code because the game said it wasn't legit. Fine, I downloaded it and was able to play just fine.
The life of a pirate is practically barrier free. Here I am, a PAYING customer with a problem they know they could have fixed..and they refused me and made me feel like I was trying to de-fraud them.
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