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Originally Posted by rkomar
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.
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Not disputing your point, but are you actually saying you cannot play your DVDs? Or you bought them to play on your linux computer and they don't?
I am not a linux user obviously as I would have assumed that most DVDs would play on it. Copies maybe not, but probably.
I cannot see that the software actually playing a purchased DVD is circumventing DRM by playing it even on linux. DVD players have software to decode the DRM or no-one could play them. Where is the illegality of watching your legally purchased DVDs on any device that will play them?