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All Forums > Tech Talk > Tech Talk Forum Page 25 > Distinguish 'download to own' from pirate copy?
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sir wankalot
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5/03
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 6:24PM
I generally don't downloaded porn...but as internet speed and video picture quality increase, it will doubtless be an option in the future.
Is there anything to distinguish 'download to own' films burnt to a disc from those that are simply copied disc to disc?
If you had a collection of films on blank discs...would the authorities need proof they weren't pirate copies? How could they tell?

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BigBobxxx
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2681 Posts
5/04
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 6:39PM
The authorities don't care.
I imagine the copyright holders will know what product they made available for online download-to-own. And, again, they're not going to care either, unless you start doing something illegal with it (like selling copies, posting it to internet sites or, believe it or not, trying to pass it off as your own content on some phony pay site).
Downloaded movies, btw, will be significantly smaller in file-size than original DVDs.
You'd be looking at 300 to 500 MBs (for a downloaded movie) vs. 3 to 8 GBs (for an original DVD).
Also, your downloaded movie would likely not include all the extra goodies that come on DVDs (i.e. trailers, behind the scenes, photo galleries, cumshot recaps, etc.).
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Bob All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 6:48PM
This part isn't so true anymore. A growing number of websites are offering content in 1080p (Full HD) format.
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BigBobxxx
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Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 7:21PM
True.
But they will still be significantly smaller in file-size than whatever format they were offered in on the original DVD.
The point being a way to "distinguish" between them (not opening the debate on quality issues related to file-size and compression).
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Bob All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 7:28PM
Who's point? What debate? Lighten up.
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Zoid
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Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 8:05PM
I'd say yes, because you probably won't be able to play that disc anywhere except the computer which you originally used to download the movie. But it kinda depends on what technology is being used. I believe DivX downloads will allow you to play a movie with DRM on any DivX certified device. For example, visit gamelink.com and check out their Faq about VOD/download-to-own/DivX, specifically about what you can and can't do.
Of course, this mostly applies to DVDs which are offered for download by retail websites. There are also numerous (porn) websites that offer their videos (scenes) without any DRM and/or protection. In that case, it might indeed be difficult to determine whether that video was downloaded legally or illegally.
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LubeNLuv
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1854 Posts
3/06
Posted - Sep 10 2008 : 11:55PM
The average HD FTV Girls movies available for download 3x a week are now 5-7GB in size. That's equal to the same size of the DVD's you can purchase from them at their webstore and the content is identical. The only thing different is that a) no printed/labeled DVD and b) no box. I'm all about hugging bunnies and trees so I'm an eco-friendly pervert and go the download route (legal means only) anytime I get the chance.
If you monitor the illegal content posted on Usenet (not the torrents) there is an abundance of new release, direct-from-source DVD rip. Having 2-3 9GB DVD ISO images posted isn't rare for popular releases....this includes direct digital reproductions of all the extra's, trailers, etc that is contained on the originals with no loss in image quality. Download and burn and bootleg...that's one way the pirates do it. Alexis Texas as Buttwoman, with scans of the box cover art, was posted on Usenet 3 days before it shipped to me from Adultdvdempire. If I wanted to, I could have spent the 3 hours to d/l and burn and had an exact replica. I didn't, I never will, but the days of "crappy rips" are waaaay behind us now. Download speeds have made the need for compressing and removal of the extra's a waste of time now. Seriously...it's faster for the pirates to rip the whole movie, extras and all, than it is for them to rip the main feature and convert it into DIVX format.
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