New Ruling Confirms Copying DVD/Blu-rays is Illegal
 

Recently the U.S. Copyright Office in response to a request to provide a copy exemption for consumers wanting to watch legally-owned DVDs on non-disc devices, has ruled it's illegal to bypass copy-protection in order to make digital copies for playback on hard drives, tablets, phones, and non-disc devices.

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I already thought it was illegal to copy. Same concept as having to buy a license to use MS Office on each computer at a business/home/ect right? You don't own the movie just the right to play it on the machine the disk was intended for.

I doubt this will change anything though. I know I for one wouldn't buy the same thing twice. I also think that digital only content should be much cheaper then print/DVD/ect and it isn't always the case.

^^ 100%

Nothings gonna change. Next case.

So you are saying I should have to pay twice to be able to watch on my digital devices? You said one has the right to watch, which is fine, but how can I watch movies on my digital devices without copying them to the computer first? Not all media comes or in the past had come with a digital copy. Not to mention there is no standard yet, so why would I shell out money just to see the next betamax vs vhs or hd-dvd vs blu-ray happen and leave me stranded. By no standard I am talking about Digital-Copy vs Ultra-Violet.

So your complaining because the DVD you bought works perfectly fine in a DVD player? Buy it again or just break the law. Problem solved.

It's the principal. If you say that you have the right to do something as broad as: Watch the Movie but don't make options available when you don't like the DIY methods, than there is nothing wrong with the previous/now illegal method in my eyes.

Thats like complaining you can't play your floppy disc copy of Orgeon Trail on your iPad.

...I give up on you.

I wonder if they're going to push for this on audio cd's as well.

You sound like my parents. Are you my dad?

I think the technacality is that audio CD's aren't copy protected like movies keeps CD's of the radar.

DHCP will rule us all soon enough.

They created this same loophole already for music. With Digitally downloaded music, the law or terms clearly state that you do not own said media, only the right to use it. So when you die, the music no longer belongs to you. So to answer your question directly, no, I doubt they will fight copying CD's. But this paying money bull**** for something that does not belong to you needs to end.