You, a person in the industry, believe that that stream is the same quality as whats on the BR disc? You don't think their compressing it just a wee bit?
What if I told you... blurays are compressed? D:
The DMCA was the US implementation of an international treaty. Canada's version is the Copyright Modernization Act.
you do know that special rental disks are made that cost more?
We have a media levy. That made downloading ok. Courts have ruled on this already. And no the courts don't like US RIAA style bullying so the complainant will have to pay the isp a fee to pull the ip and account info per instance.
The part of the DMCA that is relevant to AnyDVD is the part about circumventing a copy protection to do something that is otherwise legal (fair use). That part has nothing to do with downloading a pirated movie from the Internet. Canada's law still covers circumvention.
The rule is there, however it is aimed at commercial pirates. Here is Michael Geist, prominent copyright lawyer, talking about it.
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2012/11/c-11-impact/
The thing is, commercial piracy was already illegal. Copying for Fair Use with no intent to sell or distribute indiscriminately never should have been restricted. They should be free to implement copy protections and we should be free to break them on our own property as long as we aren't doing so to profit illegally (again: already covered by previously existing laws).
*sigh*
Why can't common sense apply? Jst0rm needs to realize that most everyone using AnyDVD is on his side as far as commercial piracy and indiscriminate sharing go. He's barking up the wrong tree. What he really wants is to stop casual/anonymous large-scale sharing over the Internet, which is an enforcement issue more than anything.
Right wing government bowing to RIAA and MPAA pressure, what can I say.
Can't say I like Canada's RIAA tax on blank media any better. Here, both sides are corporate shills. Our DMCA was signed by President Clinton.
how many of you will rationalize stealing the 4k version of a thing you own 1080p of "because you already bought it" Hmmm? I bet lots.
Stuff is just more expensive up here in Igloo Nation.
Old 2007 pix thatis about 1200 dvds and a few hundred CDs. HDDVDs were on different shelf. My ht is still in boxes since I moved
Dreamcast!
i just recalled another case where anydvd hd legitimately enabled a purchase i otherwise would not have made:
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after looking it up to make this post i see that amazon did not ever correct the entry even though i reported the error.
I just recalled another case where AnyDVD HD legitimately enabled a purchase I otherwise would not have made:
After the mainstream success of Random Access Memories, I realized that an influx of new fans were going to make the Daft Punk stuff I had procrastinated on obtaining disappear. "I had better buy now," I thought.
So I bought it. The US version was out of print and, thus, was more expensive than I was willing to pay. I looked for alternatives and Amazon gave me one for about $15 shipped (about the most I've ever spent on a BD). Actually, it was the one Amazon suggested front and center when you searched for it (not an "alternative" I had to dig for).
It says "All Regions" and it is the version Amazon promotes to me when I search, so I should be good, right?
Nope. We all gathered together to watch it on the setup with the best sound system but all we'd get on the PS3 was a blank screen. After trying a stand-alone BD player, we realized that the Amazon description was simply wrong and that this was a Region B disc.
I was ready to return it and went through all the motions short of actually shipping it when I noticed that VLC had just added rudimentary BD support for unencrypted BDs. As an AnyDVD HD owner/user, all I did was insert the disc into the HTPC's BD drive, open VLC, and play it. AnyDVD HD was already running in the background invisibly removing the region protection and encryption in real time.
After we were all done watching it I made a Handbrake rip that I still carry on my phone when I want to watch one of the music videos. I canceled the return and still have the BD. I don't care what the DMCA says: I DID NOT PIRATE THAT DISC. I would have returned it and just watched on YouTube if it weren't for SlySoft's AnyDVD HD.
After looking it up to make this post I see that Amazon did not ever correct the entry even though I reported the error.
pirate!
Format: PAL, import
Do you know what PAL means? lol.
you bought a gray (or grey heh) market item and brag about it. You dont even know what pal is. u dum.
I know what PAL, SECAM, NTSC, etc is perfectly well. You, OTOH, are demonstrating that you do not.