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Re:Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight I... by MayeulC on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @10:57AM (#25507543)
Personally, my issue is more with DRM. I considered buying a few Blu-rays, but I have little use for a bunch of copyrigh-protected plastic, and circumventing the DRM on it might be a hassle, plus drives cost quite a bit.

I just want some GoG-like store for movies. Have sales like Steam, price competition, keep what you buy, "complete your collection" bundles, etc.

THis could really work with federation: each rightholder sets up their own shop on a common marketplace. Transfer encryption keys. Maybe even use torrents for distribution? But final files should have no DRM.

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Re:Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight I... by mywittyname on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:16AM (#25507768)
Providing DRM-free downloads would probably kill the studio's long-tail revenue streams. Once people have a copy of the content in a format that's going to be indefinitely forward-portable, they will never buy another copy again.

Not even for "higher" quality versions. I have an AVI of my LotR movies ripped from DVDs from whenever people bought DVDs and ripped AVIs. The quality is still very good, even played on a 4K TV. I've never sat thinking, "I wish I had the 4k Bluray remaster" while watching it.

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Re:Tillis Releases Text of Bipartisan Legislation to Fight I... by bccdee on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:27AM (#25507916)
Yeah, god, DRM. Sometimes I'll buy an ebook to support the author and then pirate it anyway just so I can have a proper DRM-free version that will run on my ebook reader.
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