Where to buy new DRM-free shows?

[TheInternal]

I've been surprised to find that, thus far, I've been unable to find a place to purchase and legally download 1080p tv shows or movies that I can play a file on any media player or any device I own using whatever software I want. I don't want a damn disk.

I want to throw money at the people who made Doctor Who, but I've yet to find a place to buy season 9 in HD that DOESN'T require me to use a certain player or that DOES limit what devices I can watch it on. Does anyone know one for someone in the US?

I generally prefer using VLC and mostly plan on watching the shows on my TV computer or iphone 6. I LOATHE the itunes player / find it to be some of the worst UI out there (and itunes decided to not sync with my almost stock iphone 6, apart from the iOS updates) and read that I can't watch HD content on my iphone through Amazon.

I really want to acquire these shows legally, but if I can't watch them on my terms, I have no intention of paying to be forced to watch them the way corporation XYZ insists on.

 

[sdifox]

Never gonna happen.

 

[lamedude]

https://www.gog.com/movies

 

[smitbret]

I've been surprised to find that, thus far, I've been unable to find a place to purchase and legally download 1080p tv shows or movies that I can play a file on any media player or any device I own using whatever software I want. I don't want a damn disk.

I want to throw money at the people who made Doctor Who, but I've yet to find a place to buy season 9 in HD that DOESN'T require me to use a certain player or that DOES limit what devices I can watch it on. Does anyone know one for someone in the US?

I generally prefer using VLC and mostly plan on watching the shows on my TV computer or iphone 6. I LOATHE the itunes player / find it to be some of the worst UI out there (and itunes decided to not sync with my almost stock iphone 6, apart from the iOS updates) and read that I can't watch HD content on my iphone through Amazon.

I really want to acquire these shows legally, but if I can't watch them on my terms, I have no intention of paying to be forced to watch them the way corporation XYZ insists on.

The "Best" way is to simply purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray and rip it to an .mkv file with MakeMKV or AnyDVD. As an added bonus, the quality will probably be better and you have a local backup, too.

 

[sdifox]

The "Best" way is to simply purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray and rip it to an .mkv file with MakeMKV or AnyDVD. As an added bonus, the quality will probably be better and you have a local backup, too.

That would be breaking dmca :biggrin:

 

[Anteaus]

That would be breaking dmca :biggrin:

No it's not. The anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA was invalidated a while back. In the OPs case, as long as he/she purchases a legal copy of said media they are completely within their rights to copy it whether it be for a backup or to use it on other devices.

Gotta keep up with the times.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/07/court-breaking-drm-for-a-fair-use-is-legal/

http://gizmodo.com/5596571/federal-judge-ok-to-break-drm-for-fair-use

 

[smitbret]

No it's not. The anti-circumvention provision of the DMCA was invalidated a while back. In the OPs case, as long as he/she purchases a legal copy of said media they are completely within their rights to copy it whether it be for a backup or to use it on other devices.

Gotta keep up with the times.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/07/court-breaking-drm-for-a-fair-use-is-legal/

http://gizmodo.com/5596571/federal-judge-ok-to-break-drm-for-fair-use

From what I heard, you're both correct.

It is legal to make a copy of media that own, however, it is illegal to circumvent Copy Protection. Different courts say different things but I really doubt anyone would throw the book at you for ripping media you own and keep.

 

[cmdrdredd]

From what I heard, you're both correct.

It is legal to make a copy of media that own, however, it is illegal to circumvent Copy Protection. Different courts say different things but I really doubt anyone would throw the book at you for ripping media you own and keep.

Well, I think for many people they just don't share it anywhere. Most people make a copy for their mobile device or their media server. I'm not a lawyer so...yeah