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SlightlyLeftPadtoday at 4:46 PM1 replyview on HN

Without laws to force companies to honor this, The only reasonable answer to this ownership issue will end up being piracy. Also, “Buying” the movie and making a copy of it for personal use shouldn’t be illegal.


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stronglikedantoday at 4:49 PM

> Also, “Buying” the movie and making a copy of it for personal use shouldn’t be illegal.

Unless I missed something recently, it's not illegal. You've always had the right to make backups of content that you purchased legally. It's the distribution that has been illegal.

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