Disney has announced it will stop releasing DVDs and Blu-ray discs in Australia.::undefined

  • joelthelion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    182·
    1 year ago

    I wonder what the impact on piracy will be? It’s probably harder to rip streaming services than it is to rip blu-rays…

    • brsrklf@compuverse.ukEnglish
      69·
      1 year ago

      There only needs to be a couple people knowing how to get a rip for it to end up everywhere.

      If physical releases start disappearing everywhere, I can see piracy getting a significant boost. It will be the only way to “own” a movie and be sure you can still watch it whenever you want. Disney has been removing content from its service already, even some recent stuff.

      I know Gabe Newell’s old quote is being parroted a lot but it’s relevant : “Piracy is not a pricing issue, it’s a service issue”. Steam may be a digital market, but it doesn’t require a continued paid subscription to access stuff you’ve paid for, and it doesn’t delist games whenever it feels like it.

      • berkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        26·
        1 year ago

        FWIW, Gabe’s argument isn’t against subscriptions. The point in that quote is that legal access to content curbs piracy. Piracy will of course always exist, but there’s also customers that are willing to pay if is convenient and accessible.

        • exu@feditown.comEnglish
          241·
          1 year ago

          Needing to subscribe to multiple different services to get everything you’d want and them constantly upping the prices is a service problem, no?

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        121·
        1 year ago

        it doesn't delist games whenever it feels like it.

        You’re still trusting a company to have your game library available in the future. Gaben will die at some point, someone will take over for him, we don’t know what will happen with Valve in 10, 20 or 30 years…

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            32·
            1 year ago

            Maybe someone with a better grip on work teams and projects will finally come to an end and we’ll get HL3 at last!

        • rbits@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          1 year ago

          I mean, out of all the companies that I have boight stuff from, Valve is the one I trust the most

          • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Why? Unless it’s DRM free and you’ve got a copy downloaded then your shit can be wiped out whenever they feel like it and it’s not as if accounts have never been banned from the platform, cutting people from thousands of dollars worth of stuff…

      • BlackmistEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        But it can remove music from games you already purchased.

        Music licensing for games is bullshit, and physical (or a trip to the high seas) is the only way around it.

    • SilentStorms@lemmy.caEnglish
      35·
      1 year ago

      Its trivially more difficult to do webrips. It will likely have the opposite effect of what you’re thinking of, some people that would buy blurays will just pirate now.

      • kogs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        25·
        1 year ago

        If someone buys a disc, they own it and it’s a one off. To be tied to subscription services will see the Jolly Roger fly again in Australia.

        Remember when we were the country known to be the largest pirates?

    • the16bitgamer@programming.devEnglish
      302·
      1 year ago

      So long as you are using a cable to send images and video to a TV, someone will find a way to intercept and record it.

      The bigger issue is that Blurays are the highest quality video there is, especially when it comes to audio. For those who do care this is deviating.