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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 23 days ago

Ripping a DVD, a federal crime in 1999, requires $22 and free software in 2026

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Ripping a DVD, a federal crime in 1999, requires $22 and free software in 2026

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RSS BotMB to Hacker NewsEnglish · 23 days ago
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In 1999 This Was a Federal Crime. In 2026 the Hardware Is $22 and the Software Is Free.
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I went to rip a movie from my own DVD collection. It surfaced dead anti-piracy infrastructure, a defunct Japanese DRM company, and a twenty five year old executable that was still trying to phone home

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