I took a look at some movies that are available to download to own from Adult DVD Empire, and have also looked at other similar sites, are all those DVD's DRM-protected? I download to own it for $20, and as far as i know DRM means that they can make the video inactive and make it stop working whenever they want?
I usually just purchase original dvd's, but this one time I wanted to buy one at ADE that was discontinued by the manufacturer but still available as a "download to own" file. After I bought it, I realized that it was protected with a windows program called silverlight. That meant that It isn't even possible to watch the file on a mac( I use a mac). Thankfully I got my money back. But to your question, yes, you don't become the owner of the file. Ownership would normally mean, having the ultimate and exclusive rights over the product you bought and to do whatever the fuck you with it. This is certainly not the case with DRM protected files. So far I know, you can & may watch that file only on the computer from which you downloaded the file. And that's fucked up. For instance if you have more than one home (such as my self) and want to be able to bring the file with you to watch on your other computer, then that would be impossible. As fas as I know, you can't burn it on a dvd to bring along with you. And you can't burn it to watch on a standalone dvd player. I would suggest you to just google a bit and find a solution in regards to your problem I'm done with D2O-files, I just buy original stuff now and then copy it so I don't have to bring all those dvd's of mine constantly along with me when going to that 2nd apartment I have. I don't think they can stop letting it work whenever they feel like it, but if for instance the company would get bankrupt, only then would it be possible to lose access to that file on your computer. When you download a D2O-file, there's this intelligent "chip" or whatever that is also being installed in the file or on your computer. And I think, that chip is being automatically (so not by people) activated once you do stuff with it that you "shouldn't" do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight Edited by - adt44 on 11/13/2009 7:29:25 AM
Don't waste your time with DRM or any "digital download" bullshit. Either rent it or buy a physical disk.
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Len801 Deactivated User
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Posted - Nov 13 2009 : 3:51PM
DRM sucked the first day it was announced and used commercially. It's because "they" (producers/distributors) don't want you to make it transportable from PC to PC, from DVD player to DVD player. You are paying top dollar just to let the movie file sit in your PC. Do you buy books or anything else that that way? If you are prepared to pay good money, and if you can't burn the movie on a DVD disc without DRM technology, don't hand over your money and just walk away. Sooner or later they will get the hint.
^ Actually, it is because they don't want pirates to make perfect copies of their movies. Of course, the irony is that pirates do so anyway, it is only the legal customer who is getting screwed.
That argument makes no sense to me. Owning a DVD is a perfect digital copy which can be pirated, recopied and uploaded and downloaded any which way you can. A consumer legitimately spending $20 to have the movie sit on your PC will stop piracy? You get no dic, no video box, no nothing--for $20, but can't do anything with, except view it once in a while, and eating up valuable PC hard disc space? That's a real f***** bargain!
I'm done with D2O-files, I just buy original stuff now and then copy it so I don't have to bring all those dvd's of mine constantly along with me when going to that 2nd apartment I have. 
