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Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://social.furrysex.party/@snow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@snow</a> IMHO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#piracy</a> should only be considered "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theft</a>" [with damages being limited to the cost of properly licensing it!] if the pirated material was still offered for licensing new under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.<ul><li>I.e. if a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#game</a> has been <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/delisted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#delisted</a> and the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/platform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#platform</a> it was released on is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EoL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EoL</a>'d then there should be no claim to "damages" as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IP</a> holder did not provide a way to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#license</a> said content or otherwise comply with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copyright</a>. </li></ul>In the past, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EA</a> did offer to replace broken discs / cartridges for a nominal fee [AFAIK €10 per disc or €15 for double-discs] if people mailed in the original (broken) media. I'd say that is should apply to everything, tho granted that only allows people in theory to deal with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DiscRot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiscRot</a> (assuming the publisher is able and willing to perpetually honour this service), not allowing them to legally attain new licenses.<ul><li>As a matter of fact <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Adobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Adobe</a> canceled <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OneTimePurchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OneTimePurchase</a> options for their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CreativeSuite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CreativeSuite</a> after they got successfully sued into allowing people to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sell</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transfer</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/licenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#licenses</a> for their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CS6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CS6</a> and other products.</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Valve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Valve</a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Steam</a> legally workaround this by merely providing access and not a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#license</a> per-se.<ul><li>Still, I think <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#piracy</a> in almost all cases is (as GabeN correctly said:) "A services problem!" and if a product is fairly priced and then people will be willing to pay for it.</li></ul>I just think that the rampant Enshittification of even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhysicalMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhysicalMedia</a> is unsustainable and I wish for an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competitor</a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BDXL</a> and it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OnlineDRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OnlineDRM</a>! <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NotLegalAdvice</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sarcasm</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copywrong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copywrong</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copyright</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ownership</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://manitu.social/@felsqualle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@felsqualle</a> <a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fuchsiii</a> that's because around 2010s they cheaped out with organic binder (same shit as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LaserDisc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaserDisc</a> used) and decided that's good enough.<ul><li>Consider imaging your stuff and/or using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MDISC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MDISC</a> recordables...</li></ul><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DiscRot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DiscRot</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseJoBlo: Hundreds of your Warner Bros DVDs probably don’t work anymore. “It turns out that virtually every Warner Bros DVD disc manufactured between 2006 and 2008 has succumbed to the dreaded laser rot, where discs simply stop working due to a rotting of the layers. Once it happens, it can’t be undone. This was a frequent problem with laserdiscs back in the 80s and 90s, but it wasn’t a […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/03/joblo-hundreds-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-probably-dont-work-anymore/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/03/joblo-hundreds-of-your-warner-bros-dvds-probably-dont-work-anymore/</a>

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