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Is it wrong to pirate movies I've purchased digitally and load onto my Plex server? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by adonkeystomple@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Just would like to have a discussion on the topic. I've purchased around 20ish movies/shows on Vudu, and my wife has grown to be unhappy with Vudu's UI and especially how the watch progress works. I am curious what some others thoughts on this are. My initial thoughts are I recognize I've purchased a license to watch the content, but feel that because I've purchased it I should have the right to retain total control over it and do what I please. I would like to purchase movies on physical media from now on, but wouldn't like to repurchase all the same movies and shows again when I've already paid for them

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[–] 520@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

In the US: you are legally allowed to have a backup copy if any media you have (digital -> physical, physical -> digital, or any other match up). Since you own the physical copy of these movies, this means you’re allowed to have the digital one as a backup.

Minor caveat: US law allows for a backup that you made from your own original medium. CD/DVD rips are ok, but downloading from torrents is still legally no bueno.