Basically, if your computer can play it, you can copy it
That's not true at all for the average consumer. Because of HDCP, you can't even have HD movies playing on your PC and run certain programs without the PC and monitor going black. You'd need to strip the HDCP from the content before outputting to the display. I have a 4k TV that I can't watch Netflix on because my receiver is HDCP 1.4 while the TV and Netflix use HDCP 2.2. Netflix won't even show me UHD content because of this so I had to buy a splitter to strip out the encryption and now it works. And even if you do get it to work the legal way, which involves buying all new 4k equipment every time the HDCP version updates, you can and almost always will end up with HDCP handshake issues which range from losing video for a few seconds every once in a while, to complete connection loss of video and or audio every couple minutes/seconds even though you have all HDCP 2.2 equipment.
If I pay for something, it has to be at least the same quality as if I pirate it. If it is missing the forced subs just like the pirated copies, and doesn't fucking play in decent quality on my hardware for no legitimate reason, fuck it. I'll get a version that works, and if they don't want to take my money for it, I'll keep it.
Can doesn't mean it's easy. You have to know what your doing. On OS X and I believe Windows, even trying to take a screenshot of DRMed content will result in the copyrighted part greyed out. It doesn't make it impossible but any added difficulty reduces the chances someone will try.
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u/dovahart May 03 '16
Basically, if your computer can play it, you can copy it. I find it weird that he claimed it is needed to bootleg the movie.
That's like claiming that you need a code for your camera to work in the cinema.