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I don’t downvote, but:

> It is illegal to break the encryption of DVDs and BluRays

Laws have limited jurisdiction. There are quite a few jurisdictions that allow ripping for personal use/not-for-profit.




In this thread we are talking about a US based youtuber uploading to a US based video sharing service. Those jurisdictions where it may be legal are out of scope.


If this issue was related to infringing US law, specifically, region-locking out of the US would have been a fair and sane approach. YouTube has the tools for it.


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