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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Of course, there's no need to remove the DRM from DVDs to duplicate them. Just a bit-copy will duplicate without doing anything to the DRM.
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Such a copy would be useless if done by most people, because home grade dvd burners don't give you access to the keys on the original disc, and don't write into the keys area on the copy. You wouldn't be able to play such a copy on any device. You have to break the DRM to remove the need for keys before you can make a playable copy.
My desktop runs Linux, and to watch my DVDs on it, the software needs to break the DRM on each disk. With the passing of this law, I become a criminal just by watching my legally purchased DVDs on my computer. Whether they choose to pursue me or not for this crime, I have zero respect for this law. And it's a little late for Harper's "buy something without DRM" advice. I have hundreds of purchased DVDs, and I'm feeling pissed off that I paid for stuff that turns me into a criminal if I use it.