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Comment by dfxm12

3 hours ago

Terminator 2 is currently $8 for a bluray on amazon. $10 for a DVD. This is reasonably a forever version.

DVD perhaps yes, until the disc degrades.

BluRay no, because your player's keys can be revoked when you pop in a new disc.

  • DVD perhaps yes, until the disc degrades.

    Which is the same constraint as pretty much any other physical item one might purchase. "reasonably a forever" is a reasonable description.

  • > BluRay no, because your player's keys can be revoked when you pop in a new disc

    Wait what? How? How is that possibly legal?

  • Ok, how long do you have to rip & copy the content as you desire? It is still reasonably a forever version. Before you bring up laws around keys, first consider that jaywalking in front of your house is illegal too. Again, it is reasonably a forever version.

    • jaywalking in front of your house is illegal

      In most parts of the world it’s not illegal. That’s a seriously draconian law.

    • Crossing the street in a residential neighborhood is legal in almost all of the world and increasingly legal in the US as well. Many major cities started with non-enforcement and some are rolling back jaywalking laws entirely.