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Re:UltraViolet DRM will close on July 31, 2019 by josho on Thursday January 31, 2019 @09:48PM (#19051165)
If I bought the DVD and download a copy off torrent. There is a case to be made that this download is not a copyright infringement. So, why should I have a concern about uploading?

That is, other people may have fair use claims to the access. So why should I be on the hook for uploading.

—yes, I know the position that RIAA takes on this. I just found it interesting seeing this from a different perspective.

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Re:UltraViolet DRM will close on July 31, 2019 by chc on Friday February 01, 2019 @12:58PM (#19056544)
This is no defense at all. You can't say "Yes, I knew there was great likelihood it was wrong, but I didn't know it for a fact that it was wrong, so I was actually in the right." It's a bit like punching somebody in the face and then saying, "Well, how was I supposed to know he didn't want to be punched? Some people like to be punched!"

If you can circumvent copyright just by not caring whether you have a right to copy, that's essentially the same thing as copyright not existing at all.

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