It's really incorrect to call this "Fair Use". To do so really undermines the whole Fair Use movement. No amount of self-denial makes up for the fact that Netflix is a RENTAL site. You don't own the license, you don't own the product. If you don't like the requirements of the "Watch Now" system, rent the DVD or cancel your subscription.
The "saving" part is the gray area. It's fair use because it removes the DRM which locks us into one operating system. What if we want to rent movies on Linux instantly? Why can't we? What do they have against Linux?
I see your point, it's not fair to save them and keep them, but it is fair to strip the movies of their DRM so that they can be watched on any device, player, etc... until the time is up on the rent, that is.
As usual everyone misses the point of releasing a hack into the wild. As long as the hack is kept quiet the company has no reason to change. Once the hack is public the company stands to lose revenue unless they fix the hack. It's like being on a ship and finding a hole in the hull. Do you tell everyone in hopes it gets fixed, or just keep it to yourself?
The saving forever part is wrong, but the DRM stripping is completely fair use as you can not use this media on Linux with the DRM in place. Unfortunately removing the DRM also removes the self destruct aspect of the media so deleting it is now optional. In all reality this hack Only saves time because you could rent the DVD just as easily and rip it.
People who are going to break the law will break the law not matter what, a lock only keeps an honest person honest. Breaking the law for legitimate reasons, such as fair use, is civil disobedience. Breaking the law for illegitimate reasons, such as piracy, is wrong.
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It's really incorrect to call this "Fair Use". To do so really undermines the whole Fair Use movement. No amount of self-denial makes up for the fact that Netflix is a RENTAL site. You don't own the license, you don't own the product. If you don't like the requirements of the "Watch Now" system, rent the DVD or cancel your subscription.
The "saving" part is the gray area. It's fair use because it removes the DRM which locks us into one operating system. What if we want to rent movies on Linux instantly? Why can't we? What do they have against Linux?
I see your point, it's not fair to save them and keep them, but it is fair to strip the movies of their DRM so that they can be watched on any device, player, etc... until the time is up on the rent, that is.
As usual everyone misses the point of releasing a hack into the wild. As long as the hack is kept quiet the company has no reason to change. Once the hack is public the company stands to lose revenue unless they fix the hack. It's like being on a ship and finding a hole in the hull. Do you tell everyone in hopes it gets fixed, or just keep it to yourself?
The saving forever part is wrong, but the DRM stripping is completely fair use as you can not use this media on Linux with the DRM in place. Unfortunately removing the DRM also removes the self destruct aspect of the media so deleting it is now optional. In all reality this hack Only saves time because you could rent the DVD just as easily and rip it.
People who are going to break the law will break the law not matter what, a lock only keeps an honest person honest. Breaking the law for legitimate reasons, such as fair use, is civil disobedience. Breaking the law for illegitimate reasons, such as piracy, is wrong.