remember that time all of the frontier AI labs trained their models on copyrighted material and no one batted an eyelid? If they can do that, I don't see why I can't back up my CD's and DVDs or digital purchases with digital copies sourced from the high seas. If buying isn't owning...

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saghm 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The obvious risk is that you don't have nearly as much budget to spend on lawyers if someone does come after you for it. The copyright system tends to disproportionately punish small players and not punish larger ones.

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dd8601fn an hour ago | parent | next [-]

How and why does anyone “come after you” for backing up your own BluRays, though?

Assuming you’re not redistributing, of course, which is another thing entirely.

	▲	saghm 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You seem to have missed this part: > digital copies sourced from the high seas

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Grimburger an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The lawyers cost a lot more than what you are going to get back from GP in a copyright lawsuit.

	▲	saghm 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That doesn't seem to have stopped any prosecutions for piracy in the past

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queenkjuul 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Personal backup copies are fully legal, RIAA and MPA admit as much on their own websites; this was settled back in the VHS and cassette tape era

	▲	saghm 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The part I was responding to was "with digital copies sourced from the high seas". The premise that they were responding to was if the only domestically available media playing devices required subscriptions. It's not clear why the assumption would be that getting content from arbitrary international online sources would be something that isn't also sanctioned in this scenario. That doesn't mean the entire scenario is likely, but if that's the objection, then why reply to me and not the original comment proposing it?