The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)

Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by Spivak on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:01PM (#16360442)

I'm reading a tiny bit into the comment so let me state it plainly:

> A few people I know just check out movie from the local Library on DVD or Bluray, rip them and then watch them from Plex, [and then return the DVD or Bluray without deleting the ripped copy].

This is textbook piracy.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by justrobert on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:09PM (#16360505)

Again when it comes to the USA copyright law, it is about distribution.

A person who copies a specific work and does not distribute it is not breaking the law as far as I am aware.

That is why I'd be interested in seeing what laws have been broken.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by cuckcuckspruce on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:12PM (#16360529)

It's certainly a DMCA violation if you broke any DRM to make that copy. That does not require distribution.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by pbhjpbhj on Monday February 12, 2018 @01:43PM (#16360828)

It's not piracy at all.

If they watch the movie again without a license then it would be copyright infringement.

Assuming they live in a jurisdiction that allows format shifting they've not made a copy without a license or right to do so.

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