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You all remember just a few weeks ago when Sony ripped away a bunch of movies and TV shows people “owned”? This ad is on Amazon. You can’t “own” it on Prime. You can just access it until they lose the license. How can they get away with lying like this?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How are you digitizing BluRays? I've not found a way yet due to the DRM on those fuckers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Look into MakeMKV. It's "free" while in beta (in practice you need to input a new license key from their forums occasionally, so inconvenient unless you buy a real license) and can rip Blu-Rays with no issue. For ripping 4K, though, you'll need a drive that supports LibreDrive which bypasses all of the drive's built-in DRM. I personally use an LG BU40N in a Vantec external enclosure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Awesome, thanks for the pointers! I'll look into it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This basically, which at that point rolls all the way back around to piracy, so hey, if you find an easier way to access a comparable file maybe it's all shades of grey anyway.