My husband was right about DVDs

Post by derwiki » Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 5:08 PM UTC

Eddy_Viscosity2 wrote: post #6

ThrowawayTestr wrote: post #3

In a similar vein, once you pirate something you also own it forever. Netflix is never gonna delete Bojack Horseman off my hard drive.

You say 'never' but I see the capacity for companies to remotely delete things on users drives that feel like may be in copyright violation as a foregone conclusion at this point. It is an inevitability. Since both TVs and computers are usually internet enabled, you'd have to super careful to never expose that drive to the net. I mean who is going to stop them? Lawmakers? chuckle-snort. The supreme court? giggle.

Post by dsr_ » Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 5:09 PM UTC

plusminusplus wrote: post #13

My understanding was there's a risk of disc degradation, is this a concern? How do you "back up" a CD/DVD?

Post by stanleydrew » Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 5:10 PM UTC

jasode wrote: post #19

>I still don’t actually use our DVDs and Blu-rays all that often. But every time I see them lining the shelves, I feel a bit of comfort. Because when I do need them, they’ll be there. The importance of that type of redundancy depends on the viewing habits of a particular person. In the case of my friend, the "don’t actually use our DVDs all that often" really was "never re-watched the DVDs she owned" . She had a DVD…

Post by toast0 » Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 5:11 PM UTC

plusminusplus wrote: post #13

My understanding was there's a risk of disc degradation, is this a concern? How do you "back up" a CD/DVD?

Post by EvanAnderson » Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 5:12 PM UTC

Karsteski wrote: post #12

sdflhasjd wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 2035, your hard drive will have firmware with built-in CSAM filtering, which - after a legal battle in the high court - will get hijacked for copyright enforcement.

Guess I'll be relegated to living in a cabin in the woods if we ever get to that point...